HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 8SFF rack server 2x Xeon E5-2690 v4 512GB DDR4 no drives

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 8SFF server

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server fitted with two Xeon E5-2690 v4 processors running at 2.6GHz. Each CPU provides 14 cores and 35MB of cache for multi-threaded workloads. The system ships with 512GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory installed across the available slots. It is aimed at organisations that need dense compute and memory capacity in a standard rack footprint.

Check power, network and storage requirements

The unit includes two 500W Flex Slot power supplies and an Intel I350/X540 card delivering two 10GbE and two 1GbE ports. A P440 SAS controller supports SATA drives in the eight 2.5-inch front bays; no drives are installed. Verify that your rack provides sufficient depth for the 36-inch chassis and that your PDU connectors match the power supply inputs. Remote management is handled through HPE iLO Advanced.

Sustained load behaviour with dual 14-core CPUs

Under continuous load the dual 14-core processors maintain their 2.6GHz base frequency while the integrated cooling system manages thermal output across the 40-pound chassis. The 512GB DDR4 memory subsystem supports error correction to protect data integrity during long-running jobs. The P440 controller offloads RAID parity calculations from the CPUs, preserving compute cycles for applications rather than storage overhead.