Standard Features - HP Smart Array P430 Quickspecs

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Standard Features

The Smart Array
Advantage
Key Features
HP's innovative design and integration work of the Smart Array family of products creates customer value
that is unmatched in the industry. Use of Smart Array products across multiple applications results in a
much lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) than any other server storage RAID product. The HP Smart Array
family brings an unparalleled return on investment through:
Data Compatibility among most current shipping Smart Array controllers allows simple and easy
upgrades any time as needs for higher performance, capacity, and availability increase. Even successive
generations of Smart Array controllers understand the data format of other Smart Array Controllers.
Consistent Configuration and Management Tools. Most current shipping Smart Array products utilize a
standard set of management and utility software. These tools minimize Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by
reducing training requirements and technical expertise necessary to install and maintain the HP server
storage.
SmartDrive Carrier form factor is used across multiple HP servers. With compatibility across many
enterprise platforms, you are free to deploy and re-deploy these drives to quickly deliver increased
storage capacity, migrate data between systems, and easily manage spare drives.
Pre-Failure Warranty means HP Insight Manager not only reports when a drive is going to fail but allows
replacement of failing drives prior to actual failure. For complete details, consult the HP Support Center or
refer to your HP Server documentation.
The SA-P430 Controller supports up to 27 drives depending on the server implementation.
Seamless upgrades from past generations and upgrades to next generation HP high performance
and high capacity Serial Attached SCSI Smart Array controllers.
12 Gb/s SAS performance when used on a DL580 Gen8 with 12 Gb/s devices (SSDs or HDDs)
6 Gb/s SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth and contains full compatibility
with 6 Gb/s SATA technology.
PCI Express Gen3 x8 link width delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 8 GT/s
theoretical maximum bandwidth
2 or 4 GiBytes Flash Backed Write Cache (FBWC) provides read ahead caching and write back caching
with indefinite write cache data retention in the case of unexpected power outage
Standard on the P430 are RAID 6 ADG, RAID 60 ADG, RAID 1 ADM, Capacity Expansion, mirror split,
recombine, and rollback in Online Mode, Drive Erase, Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads
and Read Coalescing, Move/Delete any individual LUNS and Online Split Mirror.
Capable of supporting both legacy and UEFI boot operation on a DL580 Gen8 server
The HP SSD Smart Path feature included in the Smart Array software stack improves SSD read for all
RAID levels and RAID 0 write operations by optimizing the path to each SSD attached to the
controller
The HP SmartCache feature (HP Smart Cache license is required on P430) is a controller-based read
caching solution in a DAS environment that caches the most frequently accessed data ("hot" data)
onto lower latency SSDs to dynamically accelerate application workloads.
The HP Secure Encryption, available as an option, is a Smart Array controller-based data encryption
solution for ProLiant Gen 8 servers that protect sensitive, mission critical data.
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives lets you deploy drive technology as needed to fit your
computing environment.
Software consistency on most current shipping Smart Array products: HP Smart Storage
Administrator, HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM), and HP Intelligent Provisioning. The HP Smart
Storage Administrator configures and manages a host of Smart Array Controllers and other storage
devices using a single interface. It replaces the HP Array Configuration Utility (ACU) with an updated
design and configuration enhancements.
Low-profile PCI Express form factor - ships with a full size and a low profile bracket for deployment
flexibility based on slot availability.
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