When you choose HPE Smart Memory you get the same high quality, reliability, & confidence that come with your HPE Pro Liant Gen 9 Server series. DRAM quality & reliability are more important now than ever. Industry trends such as server virtualization, cloud computing, the use of large database applications, & high-performance computing have all increased the need for higher capacity memory with greater reliability & uptime. HPE Smart Memory is a unique technology introduced in HPE Pro Liant Gen 8 Servers that unlocks certain features available only with HPE Qualified Server memory in Gen 9 servers also. HPE Smart Memory enables Pro Liant Gen 9 systems to reliably identify & verify whether installed memory has passed the rigorous HPE qualification & testing processes. & because the memory is authenticated, you can enable extended memory performance features through the system ROM.