Side-by-Side Comparison
Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11 vs UGREEN NAS DXP6800 Ultra
Standardized 5-pillar engineering audit, thermal telemetry, verified longevity metrics, and complete technical specification diff.
★ Recommended Winner
● HIGHLY RATED
Composite Score:
4.5
/ 5.0
A highly versatile 2U dual-socket enterprise rack server delivering extensive PCIe Gen5 expansion and up to 36 EDSFF drives, counterbalanced by thermal routing trade-offs in dense midplane drive setups.
● HIGHLY RATED
Composite Score:
4.4
/ 5.0
High-capacity 6-bay NAS engineered with an Intel Core 5 processor, dual M.2 NVMe slots, and high-speed Thunderbolt 4 connectivity.
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Mizex Comparative Audit Verdict
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11 earns the higher Mizex Composite Score (4.5 vs 4.4), leading across 3 of 5 engineering pillars. With superior ratings in Engineering & Architecture, Build Quality & Materials, Real-World Reliability, it represents the superior reliability choice.
5-Pillar Engineering Telemetry
Detailed comparison across standardized normalized 1.0 – 5.0 engineering pillars.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11
UGREEN NAS DXP6800 Ultra
Engineering & Architecture
(30%)
Winner: Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11 (+0.1)
4.6
4.5
Build Quality & Materials
(20%)
Winner: Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11 (+0.5)
4.7
4.2
Thermal, Power & Acoustics
(20%)
Tie
4.1
4.1
Real-World Reliability
(20%)
Winner: Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11 (+0.2)
4.6
4.4
Buyer Value & Upgrades
(10%)
Winner: UGREEN NAS DXP6800 Ultra (+0.1)
4.5
4.6
Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11: Strengths & Caveats
✔ Advantages
- Unmatched front-panel storage density supporting up to 36 EDSFF NVMe, 24 SFF, or 12 LFF drives
- Extensive I/O bandwidth featuring up to eight PCIe Gen5 slots alongside two OCP 3.0 mezzanine bays
- Robust memory subsystem accommodating up to 8TB of high-speed DDR5 SmartMemory
- Broad compute support spanning both 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors
✖ Documented Caveats
- Midplane drive cage installation forces removal of the air shroud and mandates 1U performance heatsinks
- Populating rear dual-drive SFF bays consumes internal chassis space directly at the expense of PCIe expansion slots
UGREEN NAS DXP6800 Ultra: Strengths & Caveats
✔ Advantages
- High-performance Intel Core 5 processor delivers strong compute headroom for heavy multi-user workloads
- Expansive 208TB maximum raw capacity across 6 hard drive bays and dual M.2 NVMe slots
- Thunderbolt 4 connectivity provides ultra-fast direct-attached data ingestion
✖ Documented Caveats
- Populating all six mechanical bays and dual NVMe slots for full 208TB capacity requires a substantial drive investment
- Multi-spindle mechanical drive array introduces inherent rotational acoustic output and thermal loads under sustained disk operations
Technical Specification Comparison
Side-by-side spec alignment. Rows highlighted with subtle shading denote differing specifications.
| Specification | Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProLiant DL380 Gen11 | UGREEN NAS DXP6800 Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Brand DIFF | Hewlett Packard Enterprise | UGREEN |
| Model DIFF | ProLiant DL380 Gen11 | NAS DXP6800 Ultra |
| Form Factor DIFF | 2U Rackmount | — |
| Processor Support DIFF | 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors | — |
| Maximum Memory Capacity DIFF | 8TB | — |
| Memory Type DIFF | DDR5 SmartMemory | — |
| PCIe Expansion Slots DIFF | Up to 8x PCIe Gen5 slots | — |
| Network Expansion DIFF | 2x OCP 3.0 mezzanine slots | — |
| Storage Interfaces DIFF | SAS4, SATA, EDSFF NVMe | — |
| Front Drive Capacity DIFF | Up to 12 LFF, 24 SFF, or 36 EDSFF drives | — |
| Rear Drive Capacity DIFF | Up to 3x dual-drive SFF bays | — |
| Midplane Drive Options DIFF | 4 LFF or 8 SFF midplane cage | — |
| Maximum SFF Drive Count DIFF | 30 SFF drives | — |
| Remote Management DIFF | HPE integrated remote management tools | — |
| Processor DIFF | — | Intel Core 5 |
| Drive Bays DIFF | — | 6x 3.5"/2.5" SATA |
| M2 Nvme Slots DIFF | — | 2x M.2 NVMe SSD |
| Maximum Storage Capacity DIFF | — | 208TB (6x 32TB HDD + 2x 8TB SSD) |
| Expansion Connectivity DIFF | — | Thunderbolt 4 |
| Storage Architecture DIFF | — | Hybrid (6-bay HDD + dual M.2 SSD cache/storage) |
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