HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 12-bay LFF rack server 2× Xeon E5-2670 v3 2.3 GHz 96 GB DDR4 H240ar

12-bay LFF rack server for virtualised workloads

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 occupies 2U of rack space and ships with dual Xeon E5-2670 v3 processors running at 2.3 GHz. Each CPU provides twelve cores for a total of twenty-four physical cores and forty-eight threads when hyper-threading is enabled. Ninety-six gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory are installed across the twenty-four DIMM slots, reaching the processor-dependent maximum. The Smart HBA H240ar controller provides twelve-gigabit SAS and six-gigabit SATA connectivity with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.

Suits consolidation and database hosts needing

This configuration targets buyers who want twelve hot-swap large-form-factor bays in a compact 2U chassis with redundant 500 W power supplies. It is less appropriate for deployments that require small-form-factor density, GPU compute acceleration, or an operating system pre-installed. The onboard Matrox G200eH2 graphics with sixteen megabytes of video memory is intended for management console output only.

Memory ceiling fixed at ninety-six gigabytes

Although the platform specification cites a theoretical three-terabyte limit, the installed processors restrict the practical maximum to ninety-six gigabytes across the twenty-four slots. Any expansion beyond the current population would require a CPU upgrade, so buyers planning larger memory footprints must verify processor compatibility before purchasing additional modules.