HP (Hewlett-Packard) 572532-B21 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Management Features
Online array expansion (with BBWC/FBWC upgrade)
Online Advanced Capacity Expansion (with BBWC/FBWC and Smart Array Advanced Pack upgrade)
Online logical drive extension (with BBWC/FBWC upgrade)
Online RAID level migration (with BBWC/FBWC upgrade)
Online strip size migration (with BBWC/FBWC upgrade)
Offline Mirror splitting and recombining (with BBWC/FBWC and Smart Array Advanced Pack upgrade)
Unlimited global online spare assignment
User selectable expand and rebuild priority
User selectable RAID level and stripe size
User selectable read and write cache sizes
Ports
Eight (8) SAS physical links distributed across 2 internal x4 wide port connectors.
Performance
HP's High Performance Architecture sets new boundaries of industry performance expectations!
6Gb/s SAS [(600MB/s bandwidth per physical link)]
x8 6Gb/s SAS physical links (compatible with 3Gb/s SATA )
256 MB 40-bit wide DDR2-800MHz cache upgradeable to 512 MB 72-bit wide DDR2-800MHz
battery-backed write cache or 512 MB / 1 G 72-bitwide DDR2 flash backed write cache provides up to
4.2 GB/s maximum bandwidth
x8 PCI Express gen 2 host interface provides maximum bandwidth
Gen 2.0
Read ahead caching
Write-back caching (with BBWC/FBWC)
Native Command 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:
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
Capacity
Given the increasing need for rapid capacity expansion, the SA-P410 Controller can support up to 25 HDDs.
QuickSpecs
HP Smart Array P410 Controller
Standard Features
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