HP ProLiant DL380 G9 2U rack server E5-2670v3 12C 2.3GHz 128GB 2x 146GB SAS P440 4GB FBWC

ProLiant DL380 G9 2U rack server

The HP ProLiant DL380 G9 is a 2U rack server built for dense compute workloads. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2670v3 twelve-core processor at 2.3GHz, 128GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory, and two 146GB 15K SAS drives managed by a Smart Array P440 controller with 4GB FBWC. Dual 500W redundant hot-swap power supplies are included.

Check CPU socket count and drive bay population

The chassis supports a maximum of two processors but only one is installed; verify the second socket kit and matching heatsink are available if you plan to scale beyond twelve cores. Twenty-four SFF drive bays are present and two are occupied by the supplied 146GB SAS drives; confirm your backplane and cabling match the P440 12Gb/6Gb SAS interface before adding further disks. Memory runs up to 2400MT/s dependent on the processor; all twenty-four DIMM slots are currently populated to reach the 128GB installed capacity.

Sustained load behaviour

The P440 4GB flash-backed write cache absorbs sustained random write bursts without draining battery-backed cache, keeping latency predictable during long database or virtualisation runs. Dual 500W redundant supplies maintain full operation if one unit fails or a feed is lost, preventing throttling under continuous multi-core load. The 15K SAS spindles deliver consistent IOPS for sequential and mixed workloads, while the Matrox G200eH2 graphics handle remote management without consuming compute resources.