Performance
Designed to be as flexible as HP servers, HP H221 Host Bus Adapter provides support for the HP P2000 G3
MSA Array Systems. The HP adapter delivers exceptional system performance, with eight 6 Gb/s SAS ports
providing up to 48 Gb/s total storage bandwidth.
HP Server Integration
Fully integrated and tested with ProLiant servers and management software.
Key Features
SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 6 Gb/s per physical link
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives; deploy drive technology as needed
8 GB/s bandwidth for HP H221 PCIe 3.0 SAS HBA and 4 GB/s bandwidth for HP H221 Host Bus
Adapter
PCIe 3.0 x 8 capable on H221 PCIe 3.0 model or PCIe 2.0 x8 capable on H221 model
Ports
Eight (8) SAS physical links distributed across 2 x4 external SFF8088 Mini-SAS connectors
Performance
HP's High Performance Architecture sets new boundaries for industry performance expectations!
6 Gb/s SAS (bandwidth per physical link)
48 Gbps total available bandwidth (8 physical links x 6Gbps)
PCIe 3.0 host interface x8 (8 GT/s theoretical bandwidth) on H221 PCIe 3.0 model or PCIe 2.0 host
interface x8 (5 GT/s theoretical bandwidth) on the H221 model
Capacity
Fulfilling the need for high performance and capacity expansion, the HP H221 SAS HBA offers:
Up to 280TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP D6000 Disk Enclosure and 70 x 4TB LFF
SAS hard drives
Up to 200 TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP D2700 Disk Enclosures and 200 x 1TB
SFF SATA hard drives
Up to 240TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP D2700 Disk Enclosures and 200 x 1.2TB
SFF SAS hard drives
Up to 384TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP D2600 Disk Enclosure and 96 x 4TB LFF
SAS or SATA hard drives
Up to 384TB of external storage per controller with 8 x HP P2000 G3 MSA and 96 x 4TB LFF SAS or
SATA hard drives
Up to 179TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP P2000 G3 MSA SFF plus 5 x HP D2700
Disk Enclosures and 149 x 1.2TB SFF SAS hard drives
Up to 48TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP MSA2040 SAN Storage and 12 x 4TB LFF
SAS hard drives
Up to 24TB of external storage per controller with 1 x HP MSA2040 SAN Storage and 24 x 1TB SFF
SAS hard drives
Form Factor
Either high-profile or low-profile. (parts included with option)
QuickSpecs
HP H221 Host Bus Adapter
Standard Features
DA - 14222 North America — Version 10 — December 9, 2013
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