HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2609 v3 1.9 GHz 8 GB DDR4 2× 600 GB SAS H240ar

ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server

This 2U rack server ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 processors running at 1.9 GHz and 8 GB of DDR4 memory. It includes two 600 GB 15K SAS drives and an H240ar controller supporting RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60. Redundant 500 W hot-swap power supplies are fitted. The chassis offers twelve 3.5-inch LFF drive bays.

Suited for multi-threaded workloads needing

Teams running virtualisation hosts, database instances or file services will benefit from the dual-socket layout and hardware RAID. The installed memory ceiling of 8 GB limits consolidation density, so environments requiring large in-memory datasets should plan additional DIMMs immediately. Buyers who need more storage bays than twelve 3.5-inch slots provide should look at a different chassis.

Memory headroom and storage limits

The board provides twenty-four DDR4 slots but the processor memory controller caps usable capacity at 8 GB with the current CPUs, so no further modules can be addressed. Twelve front-accessible 3.5-inch bays accept SAS or SATA drives; the H240ar manages them at 12 Gb/s SAS or 6 Gb/s SATA. An optional rear cage can add three more LFF bays at the cost of a riser slot.