HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server 2× E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 16GB DDR4 2× 1TB SATA

Dual Xeon E5-2609 v3 platform

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processors running at 1.9GHz. It provides 16GB of DDR4 memory across 24 DIMM slots and includes two 1TB 7.2K SATA drives managed by a B140i software RAID controller. The chassis supports up to eight 2.5-inch SFF drive bays and ships with redundant 500W hot-swap power supplies.

SATA-only B140i RAID limits

The installed B140i controller handles RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 but operates with SATA drives only. SAS and NVME devices are not supported on this controller, so storage expansion must use SATA media or a different controller. Eight SFF bays are available in the base configuration, with optional cages that can raise the count to 16 or 24 bays in bays two and three. A universal media bay can occupy bay three if required.

16GB installed, 3TB maximum headroom

The server arrives with 16GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and can scale to 3TB using 64GB modules across all 24 slots. Memory speed reaches 2400MT/s depending on the processor capability. Two 1TB SATA drives offer a starting point for mirrored or striped arrays, but capacity-bound workloads will need additional drives or larger SATA media. The dual six-core CPUs deliver 12 threads total, suited for lighter virtualisation or file serving rather than heavy compute clusters.