HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 16-bay SFF E5-2670v3 12-core 2.3GHz 16GB DDR4 P440 4GB FBWC

HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 16-Bay Server

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server designed for data-centre workloads. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 twelve-core processor running at 2.3 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis provides 16 small-form-factor drive bays and includes a Smart Array P440 controller with 4 GB flash-backed write cache supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 500 W redundant hot-swap power supplies are fitted.

Suits dense storage arrays, not GPU compute

This configuration suits organisations that need high drive density in a 2U footprint for virtualisation, database or backup targets. The Matrox G200eH2 graphics core with 16 MB video memory provides only basic console output, so buyers requiring GPU acceleration for AI, VDI or rendering should look at a different platform. The single-socket population leaves one processor socket vacant for future expansion if the workload grows.

16 SFF bays with P440 RAID decide fit

The decisive specification is the sixteen 2.5-inch drive bays paired with the P440 4 GB FBWC controller. That combination determines whether the server can accommodate the required number of SAS drives and the desired RAID topology. Memory can scale to 3 TB across 24 DIMM slots when the second processor is added, but the bay count and RAID engine are fixed by this chassis and controller choice.