HP Smart Array P411 8-port SAS RAID Controller 572531-B21 manual Standard Features, Advantage

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HP Smart Array P411 Controller

Standard Features

The Smart Array	HP's innovative design and integration work of the Smart Array family of products creates customer value
Advantage	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	The SA-P411 Controller supports up to 100 drives. Additional drives can be supported with cache
	and connection to an expander
	The SA-P411 Controller supports the HP 60 Modular Smart Array,HP 70 Modular Smart Array, HP
	D2600 Disk Enclosure, HP D2700 Disk Enclosure, and HP 600 Modular Disk System.
	Seamless upgrades to current or next generation HP high performance and high capacity Serial
	Attached SCSI Smart Array controllers
	6Gb/s SAS technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth and contains full compatibility
	with 3Gb/s SATA technology.
	x8 PCI Express host interface technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to 2
	GB/s maximum bandwidth.
	Addition of the battery or flash backed cache upgrade enables array expansion, logical drive
	extension, 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 SAS tape products.
	Software consistency among all Smart Array family products: Array Configuration Utility, Systems
	Insight Manager, Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) and SmartStart.
	256 MB 40-bit wide DDR2-800 MHz cache module standard (with optional battery upgrade)
	Low-profile PCI Express form factor - ships with a full size bracket for deployment in either a low-
	profile or full sized slot

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