Are you looking for fault tolerance in the internal drives attached to your HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server? The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller is a Flexible Smart Array, 12 Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller that provides enterprise-class storage performance and data protection for the HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Server Blade when an adjacent HPE D2220sb Storage Blade is in the same enclosure. It features four (4) internal physical links and delivers increased server uptime by providing advanced storage functionality with flash backed write cache (FBWC) and pre-failure warning. The Gen9 controllers support the HPE Smart Storage Battery that allows multiple Smart Array controllers to be supported, resulting in simple upgrade process.
Key Selling Points
- The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller delivers 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity for HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Servers when connected to 12 Gb/s storage devices for increased performance in OS boot, messaging, database or general server applications and when a HPE D2220sb Storage Blade is installed.
- The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller offers optional HPE Secure Encryption capability that protects data at rest on any bulk storage attached to the controller.
- The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller and the attached storage devices are configured and managed by the easyâÃìÃÃto-use HPE Smart Storage Administrator software which is included in the intelligent provisioning of the server.
Product Features
- Increased Performance for Applications
The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller delivers 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity for HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 Servers when connected to 12 Gb/s storage devices for increased performance in OS boot, messaging, database or general server applications and when a HPE D2220sb Storage Blade is installed.
Offers integrated 1GB DDR3-1866 Flash Backed Write Cache providing up to 14.9 GB/s cache bandwidth to reduce latency in write-intensive applications that require heavy logging such as databases. - Data Protection with Encryption Capability
The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller offers optional HPE Secure Encryption capability that protects data at rest on any bulk storage attached to the controller.
Long-term data retention with integrated 1GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) for improved data reliability.
Delivers predictive spare activation for improved rebuild and increased uptime even in a recovery mode. - Configuration is both Efficient and Simple
The HPE Smart Array P246br Controller and the attached storage devices are configured and managed by the easyâÃìÃÃto-use HPE Smart Storage Administrator software which is included in the intelligent provisioning of the server.
Data compatibility between the HPE Smart Array Controller family allows simple and easy migration at any time when needs for higher performance, capacity, or availability increase such as converting an existing storage volume to more advanced disk array configuration.
Specifications
General | |
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Device Type | Storage controller (RAID) - plug-in card |
Bundled with | HP Smart Storage Battery |
Host Bus | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Storage Controller | |
Interface | SATA 6Gb/s / SAS 12Gb/s |
Data Transfer Rate | 12 Gbit/s |
Buffer Size | 1 GB |
Supported Devices | Disk array (RAID) |
Channel Qty | 4 |
RAID Level | RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 |
Processor | MIPS |
Expansion / Connectivity | |
Interfaces | 4 x SATA 6Gb/s / SAS 12Gb/s (internal) |
Miscellaneous | |
Features | Online Capacity Expansion (OCE), Online RAID Level Migration (RLM), Native Command Queuing (NCQ), HP SmartCache, HBA Mode, dynamic sector repair, Flash Backed Write-back Cache (FBWC) |
Compliant Standards | WEEE |
Software / System Requirements | |
OS Required | SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, Ubuntu 14.04, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, VMware ESXi 5.1 update 3, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, VMware ESX 6.0, VMware vSphere 5.5 update 2 |
Dimensions & Weight | |
Width | 1.2 in |
Depth | 5.3 in |
Height | 3.6 in |