HP ProLiant DL380 G9 2U Rack Server E5-2670v3 12C 2.3GHz 32GB DDR4 2x 1TB SAS

HP ProLiant DL380 G9 2U Server

The HP ProLiant DL380 G9 is a 2U rack server built for data-centre workloads. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 twelve-core processor at 2.3 GHz and 32 GB of DDR4 ECC memory. Two 1 TB 7.2K SAS drives and an H240ar controller provide hardware RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 500 W hot-swap power supplies deliver redundancy.

Who it suits and who it does not

This server fits teams that need a dense 2U platform with redundant power and hardware RAID for virtualisation or database tasks. The eight SFF bays and 24 DIMM slots allow storage and memory growth. Buyers who need GPU acceleration or NVMe boot drives should look elsewhere because the Matrox G200eH2 graphics and current controller do not support those roles.

Installed CPU core count decides fit

The single E5-2670 v3 delivers twelve physical cores and twenty-four threads, setting the baseline compute capacity. A second processor socket is empty, so maximum core count can reach twenty-four if a matching CPU is added later. Memory speed is tied to this processor generation, so DDR4 modules run at up to 2400 MT/s. Verify the core requirement before purchase.