HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10 10 Bay SFF Xeon Gold 6136 256GB DDR4 2x 1.2TB SAS 331FLR Quad NIC

Enterprise rack server for virtualization

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10 is a 2U rackmount server built for business workloads such as virtualization, databases, backups, and application hosting. Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6136 processors each deliver 12 cores at 3.00GHz for dependable multi-threaded performance. 256GB of DDR4 memory supports multiple services and virtual machines simultaneously. This configuration targets data centres, server rooms, and growing IT environments needing dense compute.

Upgrade from single-socket or lower-core systems

Moving from a single-processor box or a platform with fewer than 12 cores per socket adds the headroom needed for heavier consolidation ratios and larger ERP instances. The jump is worth it when current hosts run near capacity during peak loads or when new workloads demand more simultaneous threads. With MAX Processors set to 2, this chassis cannot accept a third CPU, so future scaling beyond dual-socket must move to a different platform.

Limited to ten 2.5-inch bays in this chassis

The 10-bay SFF front cage holds up to ten 2.5-inch SAS or SATA drives, providing 2x 1.2TB SAS units in this build. Other DL380 Gen10 variants support up to 24 SFF or 12 LFF hot-plug bays plus NVMe options, but this specific unit does not. RAID protection relies on a Smart Array controller not detailed here, and the 331FLR quad-port NIC supplies four Ethernet links for network segmentation or redundancy.