631671-B21 HP Smart Array P420/2GB FBWC 6Gb 2P SAS Controller

HPE Smart Array P420/2GB FBWC 6Gb 2Ports (DP) Internal SAS Controller ( with 2GB FBWC and Battery Backup Module) HPN: 631671-B21,610670-002

• Brand: HPE
• HP Option Part #: 631671-B21
• This offering includes:-
• ::  1x Smart Array P420 SAS RAID Controller (HP Part #: 610670-002)
• ::  1x 2GB FBWC (HP Part #: 610675-001)
• ::  1 x Battery Backup Unit (HP Part #: 660092-001)
• Specs:-
•   ::  Device Type: FBWC Smart Array Storage (RAID) Controller
•   ::  Form Factor: Plug In Card
•   ::  Host Interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
•   ::  Interfaces: 2 x SATA 6Gb/s / SAS 6Gb/s - 36 pin 4i Mini MultiLane SAS (SFF-8087) ( internal ) 2 x SATA 6G
•   ::  Compatible Slots: 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x8
•   ::  Data Transfer Rate: 6 Gb/sec
•   ::  Buffer (Memory)Size: 2 GB
•   ::  Supported Devices: Hard Drive, Disk Array (RAID)
•   ::  Channel Qty: 8
•   ::  RAID Level: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50
•   ::  Data Backup Type: Flash Backed Cache
•   ::  Card Height: **Both Low-Profile and Full-Height brackets included**
•   ::  Number of Logical Drive Supported: 64
• Compatibility:
• HP ProLiant DL Series: DL160 Gen8, DL160 Gen8 Entry, DL160 Gen8 Performance, DL320e Gen8, DL320e Gen8 Base, DL320e Gen8 Entry, DL320e Gen8 Performance, DL380e Gen8, DL380p Gen8, DL380p Gen8 Base, DL380p Gen8 Entry, DL380p Gen8 High Performance, DL380p Gen8 Special, DL385p Gen8, DL385p Gen8 Dedicated Workload, DL385p Gen8 Entry, DL385p Gen8 Maximized Consolidation, DL385p Gen8 Storage, DL560 Gen8, DL560 Gen8 Base, DL560 Gen8 Entry, DL560 Gen8 Performance
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• HP ProLiant ML Series: ML310e Gen8, ML310e Gen8 Base, ML310e Gen8 Entry, ML310e Gen8 Performance, ML310e Gen8 v2, ML310e Gen8 v2 Base, ML310e Gen8 v2 Entry, ML310e Gen8 v2 Performance, ML350e Gen8, ML350e Gen8 Base, ML350e Gen8 Entry, ML350e Gen8 Performance, ML350e Gen8 v2, ML350p Gen8
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• HPE ProLiant SL Series: SL210t Gen8 1U Node, SL250s Gen8 2U Left Half Width Tray, SL250s Gen8 2U PCIe Gen3 Left Tray, SL250s Gen8 2U Right Half Width Tray, SL250s Gen8 Base 2U Left Half Width Tray, SL250s Gen8 Base 2U Right Half Width Tray, SL270s Gen8 1U Left Half Width Tray, SL270s Gen8 1U Right Half Width Tray, SL270s Gen8 Base 4U Left Half Width Tray, SL270s Gen8 Base 4U Right Half Width Tray, SL270s Gen8 SE 4U Left Tray, SL270s Gen8 SE 4U Right Tray
• Condition: New
• Warranty: 1 (one) year Tekmart Africa warranty
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Key points to note on these 631671-B21 HP Smart Array P420/2GB FBWC Raid cards:-

These cards are storage controllers that support SAS / SATA formatted with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, RAID 50 Levels. They are Dual port PCI Express board with transfer rates of up to 6Gbps.

An HPE Smart Array P420 Controller is a low profile, 6 Gb/s, PCIe 3.0, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller that provides enterprise class, storage performance and data protection for select HP ProLiant Gen8 rack and tower servers.

It features eight internal SAS ports and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality, including online RAID level migration (between any RAID levels) with flash back write cache, global online spare, and pre-failure warning. Data Compatibility among all models of Smart Array controllers allows simple and easy migration at any time when needs for higher performance, capacity, and availability increase.

Even new generations of Smart Array controllers can understand the data format of previous generations of Smart Array controllers.

HPE Smart Array Advanced Pack 2.0 features are now part of the base features for the HPE Smart Array P420 Controller at no additional cost.
 

Maximum storage capacity is 240 TB with HPE 4TB 6G SAS 7.2K rpm LFF Hard Drive. Maximum capacity depends on the server. Up to 64 logical volumes are supported on the P420 with 512 MB or more cache.
 

The HPE SSD Smart Path feature improves SSD read for all RAID levels and RAID 0 write operations by optimizing the path to each SSD attached to the controller by up to 4x better performance.

Increased Performance and Data Protection, with Reduced Initial Setup Time

• ::  Up to 3x performance improvement over past generation, using up to 2 GB DDR3-1333 cache memory.
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• ::  Long term data retention with flash back write cache (FBWC) offered as a standard feature, up to 2 GB capacity.
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• ::  Support for RAID 0/1, 10, 5, 50, and RAID 6 & 60.
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• ::  New predictive spare activation for improved rebuild and maximized uptime.