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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 all models of Smart Array controllers allows simple and easy upgrades any Data Compatibility Data Compatibility Data Compatibility
time 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. All Smart Array products utilize a standard set of Consistent Configuration and Management Tools
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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.
Universal Hard Drive form factor is for use across multiple HP servers, disk enclosures and storage Universal Hard Drive Universal Hard Drive Universal Hard Drive
systems. 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 Pre-Failure Warranty Pre-Failure Warranty Pre-Failure Warranty
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-P400 Controller supports up to 18 drives depending on the server implementation. The
SA-P400i Controller supports up to 6 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.
3G SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 300 MB/s per physical
link and contains full compatibility with 1.5G SATA technology.
x8 2.5G PCI Express host interface technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up
to 2 GB/s maximum bandwidth.
Modular, easy-to-upgrade design lets you optimize performance by upgrading from 40-bit 256MB
cache to 72-bit 512MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC).
Addition of the battery backed cache upgrade enables BBWC, RAID 6 with ADG, array expansion,
logical drive extension, RAID migration, and stripe size migration.
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives, lets you deploy drive technology as needed to fit your
computing environment.
Software consistency among all Smart Array family products: Array Configuration Utility (ACU),
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA), Systems Insight Manager, Array Diagnostic Utility
(ADU) and SmartStart.
Support for up to 2TB in a single logical drive.
Low-profile PCI Express form factor - ships with a full size bracket for deployment in either a low-
profile or full sized slot.
Online array expansion (with BBWC upgrade)
Online logical drive extension (with BBWC upgrade)
Online RAID level migration (with BBWC upgrade)
Online strip size migration (with BBWC upgrade)
Offline Mirror splitting and recombining
Unlimited global online spare assignment
User selectable expand and rebuild priority
User selectable RAID level and stripe size
User selectable read and write cache sizes
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