HPE DL380 Gen9 8SFF 1x Xeon E5-2620 v4 256GB DDR4 rack server

HPE DL380 Gen9 8SFF Rack Server

The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server delivered with one Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 processor running at 2.1GHz and 256GB of DDR4 ECC registered memory. It uses an 8SFF chassis supporting up to eight 2.5-inch drive bays and includes an HPE Smart Array P440 SAS controller plus integrated graphics. Dual 500W Flex Slot power supplies and HPE iLO Advanced remote management are installed.

Suits Virtualisation Hosts Not High Frequency

This configuration suits businesses consolidating virtual machines or running memory intensive databases that benefit from the 256GB DDR4 capacity and eight drive bays for local storage arrays. The single 8 core processor at 2.1GHz limits performance for single threaded applications or high frequency trading workloads needing maximum clock speed. Buyers requiring GPU acceleration or more than two processors should evaluate alternative platforms.

Single Xeon E5-2620 v4 Limits Peak Compute

The installed Xeon E5-2620 v4 provides 8 cores and 20MB cache at a base frequency of 2.1GHz. A second processor socket is empty allowing an upgrade to dual CPU configuration for doubled thread count. Maximum supported memory reaches 3TB across 24 DIMM slots when both sockets are populated. The P440 controller manages SAS or SATA drives in the 8SFF bays.