HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 12-bay LFF rack server E5-2630 v3 2.4 GHz 4 GB 2× 300 GB 15K SAS H240ar

2U rack server with 12 LFF bays

This 2U rack system is built for data-centre workloads that need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 eight-core processor at 2.4 GHz and 4 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The Smart HBA H240ar controller provides hardware RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 across twelve large-form-factor SAS bays. Dual 500 W hot-swap power supplies deliver redundancy for continuous operation.

Suits storage-heavy tasks; not for GPU farms

The twelve LFF bays and 15K SAS drives make this platform a natural fit for database, backup or archival workloads that prioritise capacity and sequential throughput. The single-socket configuration and Matrox G200eH2 graphics limit its appeal for virtualisation clusters that need many cores or for compute tasks that require GPU acceleration. Buyers who need more than one processor, higher memory from day one, or small-form-factor density should evaluate other chassis.

Twelve 3.5-inch SAS bays define the storage ceiling

The decisive specification is the twelve large-form-factor drive bays paired with the H240ar controller, which together set the maximum raw capacity and RAID flexibility. With two 300 GB 15K drives installed, the array can be expanded up to the bay limit using 6 Gbps SAS or SATA media. This bay count, not the processor or memory, determines whether the server matches the storage footprint you are planning.