{"product_id":"hpe-proliant-dl380-gen10-plus-24-bay-build-your-own","title":"HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10+ 24-Bay 2.5\" Drives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DL380 Gen10+ 24-Bay 2.5\" is the maximum SFF density configuration on the Gen10+ platform — twenty-four hot-swap bays with PCIe Gen4 NVMe backplane support, Ice Lake Xeon, 32 DIMM slots, and vSAN ESA compatibility. For HPE shops building the largest vSAN ESA clusters, high-density NVMe-oF storage targets, or Ceph deployments at maximum per-node drive count with the newest platform generation, this is the configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor full Gen10+ platform details see the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hpe-proliant-dl380-gen10-plus-8-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eDL380 Gen10+ 8-Bay page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eStorage — 24 SFF Bays + Gen4 NVMe\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-four 2.5\" hot-swap bays with PCIe Gen4 NVMe backplane. At full NVMe population, Gen4 NVMe SSDs at 24 bays deliver aggregate sequential read throughput exceeding 100 GB\/s — a scale of storage performance not achievable on Gen10 platforms. Common configurations:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003evSAN ESA all-flash:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 Gen4 NVMe drives in unified ESA storage pool. Maximum vSAN ESA capacity and IOPS per node in the DL380 Gen10+ family. ESA requires Smart Array E208i-a HBA mode for direct drive pass-through.\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNVMe-oF storage targets:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 Gen4 NVMe drives as a disaggregated storage target serving multiple compute hosts via NVMe over Fabrics. 100 GbE required to avoid network becoming the throughput ceiling.\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCeph NVMe OSD nodes:\u003c\/strong\u003e 24 Gen4 NVMe OSDs per node at maximum per-node drive density. HBA mode for direct drive access by Ceph processes.\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAll-SAS SSD or hybrid:\u003c\/strong\u003e SAS\/SATA drives continue to work on Gen10+ backplanes for shops not requiring NVMe — same 24-bay flexibility as Gen10 but with Gen10+ compute advantages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e24-Bay vs. 16-Bay Gen10+:\u003c\/strong\u003e If 16 NVMe drives per node covers your vSAN ESA or storage design, the 16-Bay is the lower-cost choice. The 24-Bay earns its premium when maximum per-node drive count is a specific design requirement — typically for large vSAN clusters optimizing per-node storage cost\/TB or NVMe-oF targets where aggregate per-node throughput is the design variable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eOur Assessment\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most capable SFF storage configuration in the HPE DL380 Gen10+ family. Justified when maximum Gen4 NVMe drive density per 2U node is the design target. For most Gen10+ deployments, the 8-Bay or 16-Bay covers the storage requirement at lower cost — the 24-Bay is for large-scale storage-primary deployments where every additional NVMe drive per node improves cluster economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNavigation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Step down → \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hpe-proliant-dl380-gen10-plus-16-bay-build-your-own\"\u003eDL380 Gen10+ 16-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e. Gen10 equivalent → \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hpe-dl380-g10-2-5-24-bay-chassis\"\u003eDL380 Gen10 24-Bay\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWorkload Fit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eThis server excels at\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eConsider alternatives for\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e✅ vSAN ESA maximum per-node NVMe density\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e❌ 16 bays sufficient (Gen10+ 16-Bay lower cost)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e✅ NVMe-oF storage targets at Gen4 bandwidth\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e❌ vSAN OSA (Gen10 24-Bay sufficient)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e✅ Ceph Gen4 NVMe OSD nodes (24 OSDs\/node)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e❌ LFF drives preferred\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e✅ Maximum per-node Gen4 NVMe capacity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e❌ Budget-primary deployments\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReady to Configure?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eTell us your storage architecture (vSAN ESA, NVMe-oF, Ceph), drive type, Ice Lake CPU preference, memory target, and quantity. Volume pricing at 5 units and above.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HPE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45951283036359,"sku":"BP-012721","price":7362.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/4493\/0247\/files\/server-design-lab-hpe-proliant-dl380-gen10-24-bay-25-drives-532354.png?v=1765539707","url":"https:\/\/wholesaleservers.com\/products\/hpe-proliant-dl380-gen10-plus-24-bay-build-your-own","provider":"Wholesale Servers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}