HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 24B SFF Xeon E5-2670 v3 12C 2.3GHz 32GB DDR4 2x 600GB SAS P440 4GB FBWC rack server

2U Rack Server with 24 SFF Bays

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server populated with a single Xeon E5-2670 v3 twelve-core processor at 2.3 GHz and 32 GB of DDR4 memory. It ships with two 600 GB 15K SAS drives on a Smart Array P440 controller with 4 GB FBWC and dual 500 W redundant power supplies. The chassis provides 24 small-form-factor drive bays for further expansion.

Suits Virtualisation Hosts; Not for GPU Compute

This configuration suits organisations consolidating virtual machines or running memory-bound databases that benefit from the twelve cores and hardware RAID. Buyers who need GPU-accelerated workloads will find the Matrox G200eH2 graphics insufficient, and the single-socket layout leaves the second processor socket empty for later upgrade rather than delivering maximum core count immediately.

24 SFF Drive Bays Define Storage Ceiling

The single specification that decides fit is the 24-bay SFF chassis: it sets the physical limit for internal SAS storage and determines whether the server can hold the required dataset without external enclosures.