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 Hard Drive
form factor is for use 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.
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 from past generations and upgrades to next generation HP high performance
and high capacity Serial Attached SCSI Smart Array controllers.
The SA-P212 Controller supports the HP D2600 Disk Enclosure, HP D2700 Disk Enclosure, and the
HP 600 Modular Disk System.
6Gb/s SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth and contains full compatibility
with 3Gb/s SATA technology.
x8 5G PCI Express 2.0 host interface technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to
5 GB/s maximum bandwidth.
Addition of the battery backed cache upgrade enables Capacity Expansion, RAID migration, and
Stripe Size Migration. Additionally, Smart Array Advanced Pack license key enables RAID 6 (ADG),
6+0, Advanced Capacity Expansion, Mirror Splitting and Recombining in Offline Mode, Drive Erase,
Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads and Read Coalescing (VOD)
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA hard drives, lets you deploy drive technology as needed to fit your
computing environment.
Support for > 2 TB in a single logical drive.
Support for HP SAS tape and tape automation products.
Software consistency among all Smart Array family products: Array Configuration Utility (ACU),
Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA), Systems Insight Manager, Array Diagnostic Utility
(ADU) and SmartStart. Some of these features are not available with ProLiant 100 series platforms.
The SA-P212 controller supports up to 54 drives.
Low-profile PCI Express form factor - ships with a full size bracket for deployment in either a low-
profile or full sized slot
QuickSpecs
HP Smart Array P212 Controller
Standard Features
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