HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server E5-2609 v3 1.9GHz 8GB DDR4 H240ar 8 SFF

2U rack server for data-centre workloads

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server built for data-centre environments. It ships with a single Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3 six-core processor running at 1.9GHz and 8GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. Dual 500W hot-swap power supplies provide redundancy. The Smart HBA H240ar controller handles 12Gb SAS and 6Gb SATA drives with RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 support.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing dense 2.5-inch

This configuration fits teams running virtualised workloads that benefit from eight SFF drive bays and redundant power. The single CPU limits core count to six, so heavily threaded databases or high-density VDI clusters should look elsewhere. Buyers who want more storage bays than the eight provided, or who require NVMe support without adding optional hardware, should consider a different chassis layout.

Eight SFF bays and 24 DIMM slots define capacity

Eight 2.5-inch drive bays accommodate SAS or SATA media, while the H240ar controller manages RAID across them. Memory scales to 3TB across 24 DDR4 slots when a second processor is installed, but the current 8GB fits only light test workloads. The Matrox G200eH2 with 16MB video memory covers basic console output only. Compute headroom ends at six cores unless a second Xeon is added.