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HPE ProLiant Explained

ProLiant is the second pillar of the used-server market. Its generation labels (Gen9, Gen10…) map cleanly to CPU and memory platforms — once you know the map, spec-matching is fast.

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How the naming works

DL = rack (DL360 is the 1U workhorse, DL380 the 2U), ML = tower, BL = blade. The number encodes class, and the generation suffix (Gen9, Gen10, Gen10 Plus, Gen11) tells you the platform: it is the HPE counterpart of Dell's 13G/14G/15G/16G.

Generation map

GenerationKey modelsCPU platformMemoryYears
Gen9DL360/DL380 Gen9Xeon E5-2600 v3/v4DDR4-2133/2400 · 24 slots2014–2017
Gen10DL360/DL380 Gen10Xeon Scalable 1st/2nd GenDDR4-2666/2933 · 24 slots2017–2021
Gen10 PlusDL360/DL380 Gen10 PlusXeon Scalable 3rd GenDDR4-32002021–2023
Gen11DL360/DL380 Gen11Xeon Scalable 4th/5th Gen · EPYCDDR5-4800+2023–

Model guides

Used-buying risk notes

Memory for these platforms

Most HPE ProLiant DDR4 platforms take exactly the modules we stock — see 32GB DDR4 ECC RDIMM availability or use the DDR4 compatibility table.

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