HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 12LFF 2x Xeon E5-2640 v3 128GB DDR4 rack server

12-Bay 3.5-Inch Rack Server

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack-mount server built around two Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3 processors running at 2.6 GHz. It ships with 128 GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a Smart Array P440ar SAS controller with expander. The chassis provides twelve 3.5-inch drive bays and includes dual 800 W hot-plug power supplies. Remote management is handled by HPE iLO Advanced.

Suits High-Capacity Storage Workloads

This configuration targets organisations that need dense 3.5-inch drive capacity for bulk data, backup targets or software-defined storage clusters. The twelve-bay layout and SAS expander support large RAID sets. Buyers who require 2.5-inch drive density, more than two processor sockets, or GPU compute acceleration should evaluate other platforms.

Twelve 3.5-Inch Drive Bays Define Capacity

The single specification that determines fit is the twelve-bay 3.5-inch chassis. It fixes the maximum raw storage ceiling and the physical drive form factor. If the deployment needs fewer bays, 2.5-inch media, or a different rack height, this model will not match the requirement.