HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2670 v3 12C 2.3 GHz 8 GB DDR4 2× 146 GB SAS H240ar

Dual 12-core Xeon E5-2670 v3 server

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 processors, each providing 12 cores at 2.3 GHz. Eight gigabytes of DDR4 ECC registered memory are installed across 24 DIMM slots, with support for up to 3 TB total capacity. Two 146 GB 15K SAS drives connect through an H240ar controller offering RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 500 W hot-swap power supplies provide redundancy.

Tool-less rails and hot-swap bays

The chassis uses tool-less sliding rails for rack mounting and eight 2.5-inch SFF drive bays with hot-swap carriers. The H240ar controller operates in HBA mode by default; RAID levels must be enabled through the UEFI or Smart Storage Administrator before arrays appear. Memory population follows strict per-processor channel rules — mixing DIMM ranks across the 12 slots per CPU can reduce speed below 2400 MT/s. Redundant power supplies slide out the rear while the system runs.

Virtualisation hosts needing dense compute

This configuration suits virtualisation clusters, database nodes or render farms that benefit from 24 physical cores and 48 threads in 2U. Buyers who need more than 8 GB of memory from day one should plan additional DDR4 modules, as the installed amount is minimal for multi-VM workloads. Organisations requiring NVMe boot drives or GPU acceleration cannot use this chassis without extra riser kits and bay conversions not included here. Buyers needing single-thread frequency above 2.3 GHz or newer instruction sets should evaluate later-generation platforms.