HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 16GB 2x 1TB SAS H240ar

Built for dense rack workloads

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server designed for data-centre environments that need expandable compute and storage in a compact footprint. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor at 1.9 GHz and 16 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory across 24 DIMM slots. Dual 500 W redundant power supplies and the Smart HBA H240ar controller provide baseline resilience for continuous operation.

Sustained throughput on SAS drives

Under sustained load the two 1 TB 7.2 K SAS drives operate at 6 Gbps through the H240ar controller, which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. The 12 Gbps SAS backplane and 2400 MT/s DDR4 memory subsystem keep data moving to the Xeon cores without bottlenecks during long-running batch jobs or virtualisation workloads. Redundant cooling and hot-swap power maintain thermal stability when all twelve LFF bays are populated.

Twelve-bay SAS limit and single-CPU ceiling

The chassis accepts a maximum of twelve 3.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, so storage growth stops at that bay count unless a rear cage is added. Memory capacity is capped at 16 GB with the single installed processor; adding a second Xeon would unlock the full 3 TB limit across all 24 slots. The Matrox G200eH2 graphics output is limited to basic management console display, not compute acceleration. Buyers who need more than twelve drive bays or multi-terabyte memory should plan for a different platform.