HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 24-bay SFF 2× Xeon E5-2643 v3 3.4 GHz 128 GB DDR4 P440 4 GB FBWC

24-bay 2U rack server

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server fitted with 24 small form factor drive bays. Two Xeon E5-2643 v3 processors running at 3.4 GHz provide twelve physical cores and twenty-four threads. A Smart Array P440 controller with 4 GB flash-backed write cache manages RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60 across the installed bays. The chassis includes two redundant 500 W hot-swap power supplies.

Virtualisation hosts needing dense local storage

This configuration suits workloads that demand many local drives and strong single-thread performance, such as database clusters, virtualisation hosts or high-frequency trading platforms. The 128 GB DDR4 ECC registered memory fills the maximum supported capacity, leaving no room for expansion. Buyers who want more storage bays or larger memory headroom should look at a different chassis.

Requires 2.5-inch SAS drives and rack infrastructure

The server needs 2.5-inch SAS drives to populate the 24 front bays; no drives are included. An optional rear cage can add two more bays if the chassis supports it. Dual redundant power supplies free up the need for external UPS redundancy at the device level. The Matrox G200eH2 graphics with 16 MB video memory provides basic console output only.