When you choose HPE SmartMemory, you receive the same high quality, reliability, and trust that comes with your HPE ProLiant Gen9 server series. The quality and reliability of DRAM are more important today than ever. Industry trends such as server virtualization, cloud computing, the use of large database applications, and high-performance computing have increased the demand for memory with higher capacity and greater reliability and availability. HPE SmartMemory is a unique technology that was introduced in ProLiant Gen8 servers and unlocks specific features in ProLiant Gen9 servers that are only available with HPE-certified server memory. HPE SmartMemory enables ProLiant Gen9 systems to reliably identify and verify that the installed memory has passed the rigorous HPE qualification and testing processes. Since the memory is authenticated, advanced memory performance features can be activated through the system ROM.