Recently, we can find that HPE release new series of ProLiant rack servers, such as DL380 Gen10 plus servers, DL385 gen10 plus and DL360 gen10 plus. However, what is the difference between old series and plus series?
In this post, let’s compare the HPE DL380 Gen10 Plus and DL380 Gen10.
Compare to DL380 Gen10, the biggest difference is that HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus server is built on 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors. Equipped with PCIe Gen4 capabilities, the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus server offers improved data transfer rates and higher networking speeds.
In fact, the appearance of these two series is similar:
HPE DL380 Gen10 Plus:
HPE DL380 Gen10:
This table shows the specification of two series.
| Feature | HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus Servers | HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Servers |
| Processor | 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, 16 to 40 cores, depending on processor | 1 or 2 Intel Xeon Processor scalable family 3100 / 4100 / 5100 / 6100 / 8100 series processors, up to 28 cores, PCIe 3.0 |
| Memory | HPE DDR4 SmartMemory
8.1 TB – RDIMM (4 TB per processor), 11.2 TB – LRDIMM and Intel® Optane™ (5.6 TB per processor with 8x LRDIMM and 8x 512 GB Intel Optane) |
HPE Smart Memory, 1 to 24 DDR4 DIMMs (Up to 12 per processor), 6 channels per CPU, up to 2666 MHz (1.5TB max) |
| Persistent memory | Intel Optane Persistent Memory for HPE | No support for NVDIMMs or persistent memory at initial release |
| HPE Smart drives | 8 or 12 LFF SAS/SATA/SSD 8, 10, 16, 18 or 24 SFF SAS/SATA/SSD, 2 M.2 SATA SSD standard on primary riser, depending on configuration, 8 SFF mid-tray optional, 6 SFF rear drive optional or 4 LFF mid tray optional, 3 LFF rear-drive optional and 2 SFF or 2 Dual UFF rear-drive optional, 20 SFF NVMe optional, NVMe support via Express Bay will limit maximum drive capacity, depending on model | 19 LFF/30 SFF; SATA: SFF dual flash adapter support; 20 NVMe drives supported |
| Power | Dual hot-plug redundant 1+1 HPE Flexible Slot Power Supplies (2.6”) | 1 or 2 Flex Slot Titanium (96% eff.) FF power supplies; No Gen9 PSU support |
| Form factor | 2U | 2U |
| Security | Optional locking Bezel Kit, Intrusion Detection Kit, and HPE TPM 2.0 | Chassis intrusion detection switch / TPM 2.0 |
Now the HPE DL380 Gen10 Plus became popular. If you want to order HPE DL380 servers, welcome to visit:
HPE ProLiant DL388 Gen10 Servers
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Servers
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Servers
HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus Servers
HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Plus Servers
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