You need a 2U box that swallows twelve large-form-factor drives, runs 8 GB of memory, and doesn't require you to bolt on an extra HIC board to get the I/O you actually need. The Lenovo DE2000H Gen2 is built for exactly that — HICless by design, so the controller handles the load without a separate add-in card eating a slot and a power rail. Twelve LFF bays in 2U. 8 GB on board. You rack it, you load your drives, you're live. No integration headaches, no 'wait for the HIC to arrive next week.'
| brand | Lenovo ISG |
| category | Servers |
| subcategory | Lenovo Servers - Top Choice |
| model | DE2000H Gen2 |
| form_factor | 2U |
| drive_bays | 12 LFF |
| memory | 8GB |
| hichless | 1 |