HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 hard drives: chassis, cages, 26TB LFF drives and UK prices

DL380 Gen11 chassis types: 8SFF, 24SFF, 8LFF, 12LFF and 12EDSFF

The DL380 Gen11 QuickSpecs we used is version 49, dated 2 November 2026 and read on 9 November 2026. Its chassis types list has five configurations, and four of them take SAS or SATA drives.

For a hard drive buyer the EDSFF chassis drops out first: HPE marks it NVMe, and every drive on this page is SAS or SATA. The 8LFF machine cannot become a 12LFF machine at the front, but it is not stuck at eight: HPE lists two SFF bays beside the eight LFF at the front, and rear options of up to 4LFF or 2SFF. The two SFF chassis are the ones for 2.5-inch hard drives, in the last table on this page.

The mid-tray and rear LFF cages

Two cage kits add LFF bays beyond the front. HPE lists the DL380 Gen11 4LFF SAS/SATA 12G LP Midplane Drive Cage Kit, P48809-B21, as the 4LFF mid-tray drive cage, holding a maximum of 4LFF drives. It also lists a 2LFF drive cage for the rear Primary Riser position, which can be selected with the 8LFF and 12LFF CTO servers only.

The mid-tray notes carry two limits that depend on wiring: a maximum of 16LFF SAS/SATA is possible when a storage controller is selected, and a maximum of 14LFF SATA if the mid-tray is direct connected to the motherboard. Which controller arrangement your machine has therefore decides how many LFF drives it can run, so check it before you buy drives for a mid-tray.

HPE's maximum-storage example for LFF SAS and SATA hard drives is printed as 12+4+4 x 18 TB, with the optional rear LFF drive cage; HPE prints no total, and how those groups map to the front, mid-tray and rear cages is not stated beside it. The mid-tray kit's own note gives a maximum of 16LFF SAS/SATA with a storage controller, so confirm any build beyond that with HPE. The example uses 18TB drives although the list reaches 26TB, so it is not a capacity ceiling.

Hard drives in the DL380 Gen11 QuickSpecs

Each of those names is written the same way: "HPE", the capacity, the interface, "Business Critical 7.2K LFF LP", the warranty wording, and "Multi Vendor HDD" at the end. The SAS list begins at 4TB, while the SATA list goes down to 1TB, so a small LFF SAS replacement is not on this document's list.

On LP: HPE's hard drive QuickSpecs heads its columns "Smart Carrier SKU" and "Low Profile SKU", and the Gen11 mid-tray kit is itself named "12G LP Midplane". Match LP as part of the part name, against your server's QuickSpecs. The Gen10's drive names and its carrier rule are set out on HPE DL380 Gen10 hard drives.

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 hard drives: 3.5-inch SAS prices

These rows are maker-branded 3.5-inch enterprise SAS drives on Amazon.co.uk, lowest £/TB first. The table shows 8 listings right now. Lowest £/TB at the last check: £30.00/TB. Prices are pounds sterling inc VAT.

A row's capacity being on HPE's list does not make it an HPE part: the QuickSpecs list HPE-labelled drives, and these are sold under the drive maker's name. Below 4TB, a SAS row falls under the smallest SAS size on HPE's list. Read the Condition column too; new and used rows share the table.

3.5-inch SATA hard drives for the Gen11's LFF bays

HPE's Gen11 list carries SATA 6G versions from 1TB up to the same 26TB top size as SAS. SATA is also the interface HPE names for a mid-tray wired straight to the motherboard. The table shows 8 listings right now. Lowest £/TB at the last check: £20.49/TB.

2.5-inch SAS for the 8SFF and 24SFF chassis

The two SFF chassis, the 8LFF machine's two front SFF bays and the SFF rear options take 2.5-inch drives. The table shows 6 listings right now.

Before you buy: four DL380 Gen11 checks

• Chassis. 8SFF, 24SFF, 8LFF, 12LFF or 12EDSFF. Only the EDSFF chassis is NVMe-only.
• Cages and wiring. A mid-tray on a storage controller allows up to 16LFF SAS/SATA; direct connected to the motherboard, up to 14LFF SATA.
• Capacity. HPE's Gen11 list spans 4TB to 26TB on SAS and 1TB to 26TB on SATA.
• Version. Note the QuickSpecs version you checked against; ours is version 49 of 2 November 2026.

Sixteen LFF bays at large capacities make a big array, and the RAID level decides how much of it you can use. The calculator works it out for your drive count and size.

This page covers the Gen11 only. The cross-generation summary of HPE's lists is at HPE ProLiant hard drives, and the English site has a page on 26TB drives in the DL380 Gen12.