HP ProLiant DL380 G9 2U rack server 2× Xeon E5-2630 v3 2.4 GHz 96 GB DDR4 2× 146 GB SAS P440 4 GB FBWC

HP ProLiant DL380 G9 2U rack server

This HP ProLiant DL380 G9 is a 2U rack server built for data-centre workloads that demand dual-socket Xeon compute and hardware RAID. It ships with two eight-core Xeon E5-2630 v3 processors at 2.4 GHz, 96 GB of DDR4 ECC memory and a Smart Array P440 controller backed by 4 GB flash-backed write cache. Redundant hot-swap 500 W power supplies and sixteen 2.5-inch SAS bays provide the resilience and density expected in a production rack. The Matrox G200eH2 graphics controller handles basic console output.

Suits virtualisation hosts needing dense memory

The dual-socket design and 96 GB DDR4 across 24 DIMM slots make this server a strong fit for virtualisation clusters, database nodes or business-critical applications that rely on SAS storage and RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60. Buyers who require more than two processors, GPU-accelerated compute or a tower chassis should evaluate other form factors. The installed 146 GB 15K SAS drives deliver low-latency spindle performance but limit raw capacity without additional drives. No operating system is included.

16 SFF SAS bays with P440 4 GB FBWC

The single specification that decides fit is the sixteen-bay small-form-factor SAS backplane paired with the Smart Array P440 4 GB FBWC controller. This combination dictates which drives can be added, the RAID topologies available and the write-caching protection for data integrity. Any deployment plan must align with SAS media, the 12 Gb / 6 Gb controller link speeds and the 2U rack footprint.