HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 4LFF 2x Xeon E5-2643 v3 128GB DDR4 rack server

HPE DL380 Gen9 4LFF rack server

The HPE DL380 Gen9 is a 4-bay 3.5-inch rack server built for data-centre workloads that need dense storage and dual-processor performance. It arrives with two Intel Xeon E5-2643 v3 CPUs at 3.4GHz and 128GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. The chassis supports up to four large-form-factor drives and includes an HPE Smart Array P440 SAS controller for RAID management. Integrated graphics and dual 1Gb Ethernet ports handle basic display and network needs.

Dual Xeon E5-2643 v3 at 3.4GHz

The pair of six-core Xeon E5-2643 v3 processors running at 3.4GHz is the specification that determines whether this server matches the compute profile you need. Each CPU provides 20MB of cache and the platform is limited to a maximum of two sockets. If your licensing or threading model requires more cores per socket or a higher socket count, this configuration will not satisfy that requirement. The fixed dual-socket design also means no future CPU expansion beyond the installed pair.

128GB DDR4 with 3TB ceiling

The installed 128GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory handles typical virtualisation, database and application tiers with comfortable headroom. The motherboard supports a maximum of 3TB, so additional DIMMs can be added as workloads grow. Memory bandwidth scales with the two memory controllers, and the current population leaves slots free for expansion. Storage capacity is open-ended because no drives are included; the four 3.5-inch bays accept SATA or SAS disks up to the limits of the P440 controller.