HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 2U Rack Server 2x Xeon E5-2650 32GB DDR3 642106-001

Dual-processor 2U rack server

The HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 is a 2U rack-mount server system built for data-centre workloads. It ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2650 processors running at 2 GHz, each providing eight cores and sixteen threads. The system includes 32 GB of DDR3 memory across four 8 GB modules and supports up to 768 GB across twenty-four DIMM slots with advanced ECC and online spare features. A Smart Array P420i controller with 2 GB flash-backed write cache manages SATA and SAS drives.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing dense CPU cores

This server suits teams running virtualised workloads that benefit from sixteen physical cores and thirty-two threads in a compact 2U form factor. The four-port 1 Gb Ethernet adapter provides baseline connectivity for clustered deployments. Buyers who need installed storage must supply their own 2.5-inch hot-swap SATA or SAS drives because no hard drives are included. Organisations requiring 10 Gb networking or GPU compute capacity should evaluate other platforms.

24 DDR3 DIMM slots define maximum memory

The twenty-four DDR3 DIMM slots set the physical limit for memory expansion up to 768 GB. Only DDR3 modules are compatible; other DDR generations will not fit. The installed 32 GB configuration occupies four slots, leaving twenty slots available for growth. Memory capacity is the primary specification that determines whether this chassis meets a deployment's scaling requirements.