HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 24SFF 2x Xeon E5-2699 v4 512GB DDR4 rack server

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 24SFF server

This 2U rack server ships with two Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 processors at 2.2GHz, 512GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory and a P440ar SAS controller with expander. The 24SFF chassis supports up to 24 hot-plug 2.5-inch drive bays for SATA or SAS media. Remote management is handled by HPE iLO Advanced and dual 800W hot-plug power supplies are installed.

Suited for dense virtualisation

The dual 22-core CPUs and large memory capacity fit multi-tenant virtualisation, in-memory databases and high-thread-count compute tasks. Four onboard network ports (two 10GbE, two 1GbE) handle heavy east-west traffic. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, more than two processor sockets or a smaller 1U footprint should evaluate other platforms.

24-bay 2.5-inch drive capacity decision

The defining constraint is the 24SFF front bay count paired with the P440ar controller and SAS expander. If the workload requires 24 hot-plug SATA or SAS drives in a single 2U node this chassis meets it; if fewer bays or 3.5-inch media are needed a different chassis is appropriate.