The Smart Array
Advantage
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
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
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 Drive
form factors (2.5" and 3.5") are used across multiple HP servers, disk enclosures and
storage 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.
Smart Carrier
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.
Key Features
Seamless upgrades to and from other HP Smart Array controllers.
Storage interface (SAS/SATA)
Two Mini SAS 4i connectors for attachment to internal drive backplanes
Four Mini SAS 4x connectors for attachment to JBODs and external tape drives
6 Gb/s SAS technology delivers up to 600 MB/s per physical link.
6 Gb/s SATA technology delivers up to 600 MB/s for directly attached SATA drives.
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives. Deploy drive technology as needed to fit the computing
environment.
Support for SAS tape drives, SAS tape autoloaders and SAS tape libraries.
Host interface (PCI-e)
PCI-e 3.0 8x host interface provides up to 8 GiB/s in each direction
RAID controller features
2GB flash-backed write cache (not all of which is available for user data)
RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5, 6, 50, 60, and 1 ADM
Recovery ROM protects against ROM corruption
Smart Array Advanced Pack 2.0 license key included (see below)
The HP SSD Smart Path feature included in the Smart Array software stack improves SSD read
performance by bypassing the Smart Array firmware for the optimal performance path to the SSD.
The HP SmartCache licensed feature (available as an additional option) 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.
Consistent management software among all Smart Array family products, including Array
Configuration Utility (ACU), Systems Insight Manager (SIM), Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU), Online
ROM Configuration Utility (ORCA), and Intelligent Provisioning
SAS 2.0 (6 Gb/s, 3 Gb/s, and 1.5 Gb/s). 6 Gb/s bandwidth supports larger numbers of SAS drives in
the SAS subsystem and provides better support for future high-bandwidth SSDs.
SATA 2.6 (6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s)
QuickSpecs
HP Smart Array P822 Controller
Standard Features
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