HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server 2x E5-2670 v3 12-core 2.3 GHz 8 GB DDR4 2x 1 TB SAS P440 4 GB FBWC

Server system for virtualised workloads

This HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server ships with dual Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3 processors, each providing twelve cores at 2.3 GHz for a total of 24 physical cores and 48 threads. The platform includes 8 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across 24 DIMM slots and a Smart Array P440 controller with 4 GB FBWC managing two 1 TB SAS hard drives in hot-swap bays. Redundant 500 W power supplies are fitted as standard.

Suited for memory-light consolidation.

The installed 8 GB RAM covers only a fraction of the 3 TB maximum, so buyers planning dense virtualisation or in-memory databases must budget for additional DDR4 modules. The Matrox G200eH2 graphics controller provides basic console output only; workloads requiring GPU acceleration need a different server. The two 7.2K SAS drives deliver capacity rather than low-latency IOPS, so applications demanding flash speed should look elsewhere.

Dual Xeon E5-2670 v3 CPUs define the performance

Two twelve-core processors running at 2.3 GHz set the compute baseline for every workload this chassis can host. The C610 chipset and 24 DDR4 slots allow future memory expansion up to 3 TB, but the CPU choice fixes core count, clock speed and memory-channel limits for the life of the system.