HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 12LFF 1x Xeon E5-2660v3 256GB DDR4

Rack server with 12-bay 3.5" chassis

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack system fitted with twelve large-form-factor drive bays. One Intel Xeon E5-2660v3 processor running at 2.6 GHz delivers ten cores and 25 MB of cache. Memory capacity stands at 256 GB of DDR4 ECC registered RAM, with headroom to reach 3 TB when both sockets are populated. The P440ar SAS controller and SAS expander manage storage through SATA drives.

Suits single-socket density workloads

This configuration fits environments that need dense 3.5-inch storage in a single-socket box, such as backup targets, archive repositories or virtualisation hosts with moderate compute demands. The second processor socket remains empty for future expansion. Buyers who require dual-socket performance from day one, or who need drive interfaces beyond the installed SATA and SAS paths, should evaluate other platforms.

Twelve 3.5-inch drive bays define capacity

The chassis provides exactly twelve bays for 3.5-inch drives, setting the upper bound for raw storage in this unit. No drives ship with the server, so the buyer selects capacity and spindle type to match the workload. The installed P440ar controller with expander supports the full bay count, making the bay quantity the decisive specification for storage planning.