Online Management
Online Management
Online Management
Online Management
Features
Features
Features
Features
Online array expansion (with battery upgrade)
Online logical drive extension (with battery upgrade)
Online RAID Level Migration (with battery upgrade)
Online Stripe Size Migration (with battery upgrade)
Offline Mirror splitting and recombining
Unlimited global online spare assignment
User selectable expand and rebuild priority
User selectable RAID level and stripe size
User selectable read and write cache size ratio
Ports
Ports
Ports
Ports
Eight (8) SAS physical links distributed across 2 external x4 miniSAS connectors.
Performance
Performance
Performance
Performance
HP's High Performance Architecture sets new boundaries of industry performance expectations!
3Gb/s SAS (300MB/s bandwidth per physical link)
8x 3Gb/s SAS physical links (compatible with 1.5G SATA)
256 MB 40-bit wide DDR2-533 MHz (optional battery upgrade)
x8 2.5G PCI Express host interface provides 2 GB/s maximum bandwidth during burst transfers
440 PowerPC Processor
Native Command
Native Command
Native Command
Native Command
Queuing
Queuing
Queuing
Queuing
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) is a technology designed to increase performance of SATA hard disk
drives by allowing the individual hard disk to internally optimize the order in which received read and
write commands are executed. This can reduce the amount of unnecessary going back-and-forth on the
drive's heads, resulting in increased performance for workloads where multiple simultaneous read/write
requests are outstanding, most often occurring in server or storage-type applications. Without NCQ the
drive has to process and complete one command at a time. For NCQ to be enabled, it must be
supported and turned on in the controller and in the hard drive itself.
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE: Please see the SATA Hard Drive QuickSpecs for specific SATA hard drive capacities that support
NCQ:
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11940_div/11940_div.html
Dual Domain Support
Dual Domain Support
Dual Domain Support
Dual Domain Support
Dual domain SAS creates redundant pathways for external drives from servers to storage devices. The
redundant paths created by these configurations reduce or eliminate single points of failure within the
storage network. This provides increased levels of high availability with redundant paths from the
controller to the drives. Dual domain SAS implementations make it possible to tolerate host bus adapter
(HBA) or controller failure, external cable failure, expander failure, cable pulls, expander failure and
failure in a spanned disk (JBOD) environments.
Capacity
Capacity
Capacity
Capacity
Given the increasing need for high performance and rapid capacity expansion, the SA-E500 offers:
Up to 12TB of external storage per PCI slot with 4x HP StorageWorks 50 Modular Smart Array
enclosures and 40 x 300GB SFF SAS hard drives.
Up to 36TB of external storage per PCI slot with 8x HP StorageWorks 60 Modular Smart Array
enclosures and 96 x 600GB 3.5" SAS hard drives.
Up to 96TB of external storage per PCI slot with 8x HP StorageWorks 60 Modular Smart Array
enclosures and 96 x 1TB 3.5" SATA MDL hard drives.
Up to 30TB of external storage per PCI slot with 8x HP StorageWorks 70 Modular Smart Array
enclosures and 100 x 300GB SFF SAS hard drives.
QuickSpecs
HP Smart Array E500 Controller
HP Smart Array E500 Controller
HP Smart Array E500 Controller
HP Smart Array E500 Controller
Standard Features
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