HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 Server | HDDs & SSDs | Hard Drives | Solid State Drives | Testing

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 - This video will be a continuation of our HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 video series. Today, we will be covering the different storage options for the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server, as well as supported drive speeds and capacities. We will also show you how to install your drives as well as test them with HD Sentinel. This video series includes:

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Let's get rolling. The HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 supports three types of drives: Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA (SATA), and Solid-State Drives (SSD). SAS drives have supported speed options of 7.2K, 10K and 15K RPM. SATA drives have only one speed option: 7.2K RPM. SSDs can run at speeds of 3GB/s, 6GB/s, or 12GB/s. There are small form factor (SFF) and large form factor (LFF) chassis options for the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9. If you want to use 2.5” drives with a LFF chassis, you will need to utilize a 2.5” to 3.5” drive converter. For 2.5” drives, we’ve been able to install drives with capacities of 2.4TB for SAS, 2TB for SATA, and 7.68TB for SSDs. For 3.5” drives, we’ve been able to install drives of up to 20TB for SAS, 16TB for SATA, and 7.68 for SSDs. SSDs for 3.5” are technically just a 2.5” SSD drive in a converter. If you have had higher drive capacities work with your HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9, share your findings in the comments below. We are interested to hear what others have found.

We will also show you how to install a new drive into your HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9. All chassis for the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 accept hot swap drives. Installing drives into a hot swap system is very easy and requires no cabling. Hot swap means you can install a drive while the server is running. We will also go over how to test your drives with HD Sentinel. HD Sentinel will test more than just the drives, but we will utilize this test to make sure our drives are performing well. It is very common on 15K SAS drives, or really any mechanical drive, for their bearings wear out over time. HD Sentinel is great for checking the Health Scores and Power on Hours for drives.

Do you want to buy a refurbished HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 server? You can custom configure your own server. We have 12 Bay LFF, 8 Bay SFF, 16 Bay SFF, and 24 Bay SFF systems in stock.

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[frederichardy]

You can also add M2 NVME and SATA drive on an internal PCIe card. And, like you said, the limit on SAS/SATA drive is more than the spec. I've installed 18TB SAS and SATA without problem for a TrueNAS server.

[LMLecho]

you and Windel from L1T are the truth!

[shaymaashaker]

Can i install 3.5 in hdd in 3factor hp 380 gen 9

[seangsovanthado]

please review cisco server.

Thank you.

[KnurdMonkey]

Can normal SSD be installed in DL380? Like WDBLUE or WDRED? (2.5")
Other than that I did not really get what are you talking about when you tell about size of disks. Is that size for SATA SSDs meant to be "per disk" or total?

[wonderfulrelaxmusic]

Is it possible to replace the hard drive with a G6?

[leonardotoschi]

I have an epic 1993 128kb "solid state drive" of a mini tablet