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Online management features
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Online array expansion
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Online array expansion
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Online logical drive extension
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Online RAID level migration
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Online stripe size migration
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Online mirror split, recombine and rollback
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Online and high performance offline Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)
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Unlimited global online spare assignment
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User selectable expand and rebuild priority
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User selectable expand and rebuild priority
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User selectable expand and rebuild priority
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Supports predictive spare activation
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Ports
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Distributed across 1 internal x8 Mini-SAS double-wide connector
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Key features
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Storage interface (SAS/SATA)
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8 physical links across 1 x8 internal port
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12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA technology
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Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller
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Support for SAS tape drives, SAS tape autoloaders and SAS tape libraries
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4GB FBWC
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PCI express Gen3 x8 link
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RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60, 10 Advanced Data Mirroring (ADM)
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RAID or HBA mode
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Legacy and UEFI boot operation
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Up to 200 physical drives
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Up to 64 logical drives
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HPE SmartCache (Optional license)
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HPE Secure encryption (Optional license)
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FIPS 140-2 validation complete (Certificate #2506)
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HPE SSD smart path
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VMware virtual SAN certified
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RPI
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Rapid rebuild
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Drive erase
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Performance optimization-degraded reads and read coalescing
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Power efficiency
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Seamless upgrades to and from other HPE Smart Array controllers
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Recovery ROM to protect against controller ROM corruption
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Low-profile standard PCI express plug-in card
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Performance
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12 Gb/s SAS (1200 Mb/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
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6 Gb/s SATA (600 Mb/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
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PCI express Gen3 x8 link width
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4GB 72-bit wide DDR3-1866 FBWC provides up to 14.9 Gb/s maximum cache bandwidth
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Read ahead caching
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Write-back caching
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Fault prevention
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The following features offer detection of possible failures before they occur, allowing preventive action to be taken:
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Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology ( SMART) was first developed by HPE which detects possible hard disk failure before it occurs, allowing replacement of the component before failure occurs
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Drive parameter tracking monitors drive operational parameters, predicting failure and notifying the administrator
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Dynamic sector repairing continually performs background surface scans on the hard disk drives during inactive periods and automatically re-maps bad sectors, ensuring data integrity
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Smart array cache tracking monitors integrity of controller cache, allowing pre-failure preventative maintenance
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Fault recovery
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Minimizes downtime, reconstructs data, and facilitates a quick recovery from drive failure
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Recovery ROM: This feature protects the user from a firmware image corruption by storing a redundant copy of the firmware image. If the active firmware image becomes corrupt, the controller will use the redundant firmware image and continue operating
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On-line spares: There is no limit to the number of spare drives that can be installed prior to drive failure. If a failure occurs, recovery begins with an on-line spare and data is reconstructed automatically
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DRAM ECC detects and corrects data bit errors
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HPE SmartCache
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The HPE SmartCache feature is a controller-based read and write caching solution in a DAS environment that caches the most frequently accessed data (hot data) onto lower latency SSDs to dynamically accelerate application workloads
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The HPE SmartCache architecture is flexible and supports any HPE ProLiant Gen9 supported HDD for bulk storage and any HPE ProLiant Gen9 supported SSD as an accelerator
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HPE SmartCache is deployed and managed using the HPE SmartStorage Administrator (HPE SSA)
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HPE SmartCache is an optional license (See related options for more information on the license)
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HPE SSD smart path
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The following operating systems are supported by the HPE SSD smart path feature:
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, and 6.5
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SP1, SP2, SP3)
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VMware ESXi 5.0 U3
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VMware vSphere 5.1 U2 and vSphere 5.5
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