HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 8-bay SFF Xeon E5-2609v3 1.9GHz 4GB DDR4 H240ar

HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 8-bay SFF Server

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server with eight small-form-factor drive bays and a single Intel Xeon E5-2609v3 six-core processor running at 1.9 GHz. It ships with 4 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and an HP Smart HBA H240ar controller supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Dual 500 W hot-swap power supplies provide redundancy for continuous operation.

Suitability and limits

This server suits IT teams needing a dense 2U platform with redundant power and hardware RAID for virtualisation or database workloads. Buyers who require NVMe support or more than eight 2.5-inch bays without adding optional cages should consider other configurations. The single CPU and 4 GB base memory limit immediate performance for heavy multi-threaded applications.

Deciding specification

The installed memory is fixed at 4 GB DDR4 with a maximum capacity of 4 GB unless additional processors and DIMMs are added across the 24 available slots. Memory speed reaches 2400 MT/s depending on the processor capability, so the base configuration will need expansion for most production roles.