HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 2U rack server E5-2630v3 2.4GHz 8C 96GB DDR4 P440 4GB FBWC 16 SFF

Enterprise rack server for virtualisation workloads

The HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 is a 2U rack server built around a single Intel Xeon E5-2630v3 eight-core processor running at 2.4GHz with 96GB of DDR4 memory installed across 24 DIMM slots. It targets organisations that need dense compute for virtualisation, database or application hosting in a standard rack footprint. The chassis provides 16 small-form-factor drive bays and dual 500W redundant power supplies for high availability.

Sustained throughput with flash-backed write cache

Under continuous load the Smart Array P440 controller uses its 4GB flash-backed write cache to absorb write bursts and maintain consistent latency for RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 arrays. The 12Gb/s SAS links to the 16 drive bays keep sequential throughput steady during backup windows or batch processing, while the Xeon's 16 threads handle parallel VM workloads without thermal throttling in the 2U airflow design.

SAS interface limits drive expansion and speed

The 12Gb/s SAS backplane caps each drive at that link rate, so newer 24Gb/s SAS SSDs would run at half their potential bandwidth. Maximum internal capacity is bounded by the 16 SFF bays unless the optional secondary bay is populated for 24 drives total. The Matrox G200eH2 graphics with 16MB video memory provides only basic console output, not GPU compute.