Management Features
Online array expansion
Online capacity expansion
Online logical drive extension
Online RAID level migration
Online stripe size migration
Online mirror split, recombine and rollback
Online and high performance offline Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI)
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
Supports Predictive Spare Activation
Ports
Eight (8) SAS physical links on 1 internal x8 Mini-SAS double-wide connector
Performance
12 Gb/s SAS (1200 MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane) on a DL580 Gen8
6 Gb/s SAS (600MB/s theoretical bandwidth per physical lane)
x8 6 Gb/s SAS physical lane (compatible with 6 Gb/s SATA )
2 GiBytes 72-bit wide DDR3-1600MHz Flash Back Write Cache provides up to 12.8 GB/s maximum
cache bandwidth or 4 GiBytes 72-bit wide DDR3-1866 Flash Back Write Cache provides up to 14.9
GB/s maximum cache bandwidth
PCI Express Gen3 x8 link width
Read ahead caching
Write-back caching
Availability
Provides increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality:
Online RAID level migration between any RAID levels
Online stripe size migration
Online capacity expansion
Online logical drive extension
Online active drive replacement
Online drive firmware upgrade
Unlimited global online spare
Pre-Failure Warranty
QuickSpecs
HP Smart Array P430 Controller
Standard Features
DA - 14624 Worldwide — Version 3 — March 31, 2014
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