HP Smart Array P410 8-port SAS RAID Controller 572532-B21 manual Standard Features, Advantage

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HP Smart Array P410 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-P410 Controller supports up to 24 drives depending on the server implementation.
	Additional drives can be supported with cache and connection to the HP SAS Expander Card.
	Seamless upgrades from past generations and upgrades to 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 gen 2 host interface technology delivers high performance and data bandwidth up to
	2 GB/s maximum bandwidth.
	Modular, easy-to-upgrade design lets you optimize performance by upgrading from 40-bit 256MB
	cache to 72-bit 512MB battery-backed write cache (BBWC) or 72-bit 512MB/1G Flash Backed Write
	Cache (FBWC).
	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.
	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.
	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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