Does your data center face the challenges of keeping pace with data growth while effectively managing and protecting your data? Do you need a cost-effective, enterprise-class server that can grow with you? The HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server delivers essential performance for data centers to meet their compute and storage needs today with scalability to grow as business requirements change. With improved performance, security and efficiency, the HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server helps businesses stay ahead of data growth quickly and easily. Its embedded management tools simplify server administration and automate mundane IT tasks, saving businesses valuable time and resources.

Proactive, automated service support ensures quick resolution to issues. The HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 provides a cost-effective solution for data centers requiring essential compute and storage today with changing requirements over time.

What's New
- Up to 25%* performance increase with Intel® Xeon® E5-2400 v2 processors * October 23, 2013. On average over previous generation Xeon, per Intel testing
- New HP Common Slot Power Supplies providing 96% server power efficiency
- Latest HP Smart Array Controllers offer increased performance and data availability with controller-based encryption capabilities
- New low voltage DIMMs running at 1600 MHz to reduce energy bills
- Simpler user experience with the new configuration and management tool, Smart Storage Administrator



Essential Performance and Configuration Flexibility to Accommodate Data Growth
- The HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server provides a wide selection of controllers, drives, I/O expansion, and rear drive options for customers to meet their varying storage requirements today, with scalability to extend their solution tomorrow in a cost-effective manner.
- Supports up to two Intel® Xeon® E5-2400 v2 processors offering improved performance, efficiency and security.
- Provides flexible configuration for customers who need large storage capacity as well as those who want to benefit from the high performance storage controllers. Supports up to twenty-seven (27) 2.5-inch SFFCloseSmall Form Factor or fourteen (14) 3.5-inch LFF SAS, SATA, or SSD drives.
- Increase your storage capacity and stay ahead of data growth with HP Dynamic Workload Acceleration, which converges storage, compute, and I/O to turbo-charge performance and eliminate bottlenecks.

High Availability and Efficiency for the Dense Storage Environment
- The HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server provides a range of features that ensure data security and high availability. It includes ECC memory protection, TPM, secured bezel, as well as redundant power supply and fan options.
- Latest HP Smart Array Controllers are designed to maximize data availability, performance and capacity.
- HP SmartMemory, with speeds up to 1600 MHz at low voltage, now prevents data loss and downtime with enhanced error handling, while improving performance and power efficiency. Maximum memory supported is 384 GB.
- HP Common Slot Power Supplies provide 96% server power efficiency to reduce power consumption, while HP Automated Energy Optimization reclaims space, power, and cooling resources to extend your data center capacity.
- ENERGY STAR® qualified server configurations illustrate a continued commitment to helping customers conserve energy and save money.

Built-in Innovations that Simplify Management and Free Up Limited IT Resources
- With embedded management tools, the HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server simplifies server management and maintenance tasks enabling quick and simple deployment (HP Intelligent Provisioning), system health monitoring (HP Active Health System), and ease of firmware updates (HP Smart Update Manager).
- HP Smart Storage Administrator provides a single display screen for management and configuration of all HP Smart Storage products and solutions.
- User-inspired design features that prevent data loss, reduce downtime, and improve serviceability include HP SmartDrives, HP Smart Socket guides, rail kit options, and tool-less access to components.

Proactive Service and Support to Redefine Service Experience
- The HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server offers HP proactive support services, which integrate industry leading performance, uptime, and productivity into a personalized, simplified support experience.
- HP Insight Online with HP Insight Remote Support provides 24x7 remote monitoring and anywhere, anytime personalized access to your IT and support status.
- Through HP ServiceOne partners, you get responsive qualified partners to help you plan, manage and deliver solutions spanning the entire IT lifecycle.