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Enhanced performance and functionality with the flexibility of a full size or low profile form factor. |
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Combining high-performance SAS and HP's Smart Array controller architecture sets new boundaries of industry performance expectations!
- 3.0 Gb/s SAS / 1.5 Gb/s SATA
- Supports 8 SAS ports boosting total SAS bandwidth to 24 Gb/s. Provides nearly 4 times the available bandwidth of the Smart Array 6402
- x8 PCI Express I/O connector
- Performance memory architecture, with 256MB DDR-2 RAM standard
- BBWC and 512MB BBWC (72 bit) upgrade options
Data compatibility
Data compatibility between models of Smart Array Controllers means customers can easily upgrade to future Smart Array, SAS products to get higher performance, capacity and availability. Unlike competitive products, successive generations of Smart Array products understand the data format of other Smart Array controllers, providing investment protection for your HP storage solution.
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Provides increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality:
- Online RAID Level Migration (between any RAID level) with BBWC
- Online Capacity Expansion with BBWC
- Logical Drive Capacity Extension with BBWC
- Global Online Spare
- Pre-Failure Warranty
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The following features offer detection of possible failures before they occur, allowing preventive action to be taken:
- S.M.A.R.T.: Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology first developed at HP detects possible hard disk failure before it occurs, allowing replacement of the component before failure occurs.
- Drive Parameter Tracking monitors drive operational parameters, predicting failure and notifying the administrator.
- Dynamic Sector Repairing continually performs background surface scans on the hard disk drives during inactive periods and automatically remaps bad sectors, ensuring data integrity.
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Minimizes downtime, reconstructs data, and facilitates a quick recovery from drive failure:
- Recovery ROM: This feature provides a unique redundancy feature that protects from a ROM image corruption. A new version of firmware can be flashed to the ROM while the controller maintains the last known working version of firmware. If the firmware becomes corrupt, the controller will revert back to the previous version of firmware and continue operating. This reduces the risk of flashing firmware to the controller.
- On-Line Spares: Up to two spare drives can be installed prior to drive failure. If a failure occurs, recovery begins with an On-Line Spare and data is reconstructed automatically. Note: On-Line Spares can only be used with RAID level 1, 1+0, and 5.
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Consistency and Upgradeability make the Smart Array family unique in the industry:
- GUI based configuration, management and diagnostic software tools
- Common data format between generations of products
- Data migration between servers and external storage enclosures
- Full size and low profile brackets ship with the controller for flexibility
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