Affordable, low cost
Storage
Purchase only what you need today and avoid up-front costs. Modular platform provides
investment protection and by purchasing only what is needed today, allows for growth as storage
requirements evolve. Buying storage only when needed simplifies planning and relieves budget
pressures.
D2700: Maximum storage capacity of 30 TB SAS (1.2 TB SAS), 25 TB SAS MDL (1TB SAS MDL) or SATA
(1TB SATA MDL) per enclosure scalable to 240 TB SAS, 200 TB SAS MDL or SATA (dependent on the
Smart Array Controller). D2700 also supports SAS SLC and MLC Solid State Drives (SSD) . Number of
Solid State drives is limited to twenty five (25) SSDs per controller.
D2600: Maximum storage capacity of 7.2 TB SAS (600GB SAS) or 48 TB SAS MDL or SATA MDL (4TB
SAS or SATA HDD) per enclosure scalable to 57.6 TB SAS, or 384 TB SAS MDL or SATA MDL.
Enterprise-class dual port SAS or archival-class SATA drives as the need and budget dictates
Flexible/Scalable
Grow storage capacity easily by attaching up to four D2600 enclosures from a single Controller
port, for expansion of up to 8 enclosures or 96 drives, allowing for room to grow as storage
demands increase
Grow storage capacity easily by attaching up to two D2700 enclosures from a single Controller port,
for expansion of up to 4 enclosures or 100 drives, allowing for room to grow as storage demands
increase. (Smart Array Controllers P411 & P812)
With the new Smart Array P421 and P822 Controllers grow your storage capacity easily by attaching
up to four (4) D2700 enclosures from a single Controller port, for expansion of up to eight (8)
enclosures or 200 drives, allowing for room to grow as storage demands increase
Smart Array Controllers P421 and P822 support the mixing of the D2600 and the D2700 for
expansion, Supports four (4) D2600 and four (4) D2700 (4xLFF and 4xSFF) allowing for expansion
up to 148 drives. Flexibility to mix and match SAS and SATA drives in the same enclosure
Easy to Manage
Hassle free expansion - little IT expertise required.
Compatible with the latest HP Smart Array SAS controllers (P812, P411, P212, P222, P421, P822,
P711m, P721m, P731m).
Compatible with HP H221 and H222 Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)
Familiar ProLiant management tools provided via the Smart Controller - SIM, ACU, ORCA.
Easy removal of parts provides better serviceability.
High performance 6Gb
SAS host connectivity
6Gb SAS host connectivity enables a higher data transfer rate.
End-to-end 6 Gb SAS connectivity ensures a high performance storage solution using a P212, P411,
P812, P222, P421 P822, P711m, P721m or the P731m Smart Array controller and the D2000
enclosures. D2600/D2700 is also supported with the HP H221 and the H222 Host Bus adapters
(HBA).
SAS disk enclosure support for c-Class BladeSystem utilizing the recently introduced HP 6Gb SAS BL
Switch with the P711m and P721m Smart Array Controllers.
Since storage is contained within the rack, latency is reduced as data does not travel over large
distances.
HP reliability
Deploy with confidence. HP offers a complete end-to-end storage solution including the D2000
storage enclosures, Smart Array P212, P411, P812, P222, P421, P822, P711m, P721m or the
P731m Controllers and HP ProLiant Servers
Familiar Smart Array technology of the P212, P411, P812, P222, P421,P822, P711m P721m and the
P731m Controllers enable support for RAID levels 0, 1, 1+0, 5 and RAID 6 with ADG, 50 and 60.
Optional battery-backed write cache.
QuickSpecs
HP D2000 Disk Enclosures
At a Glance
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