Features
The HP Smart Array P421 Controller is a low profile
6 Gb/s, PCIe 3.0, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller
Provides enterprise class, storage performance, maximum external scalability, and data protection
It features eight external SAS ports and delivers increased server uptime
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
New generations of Smart Array controllers can understand the data format of previous generations
Increased performance, scalability 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
Greater scalability for explosive growth with up to 200 drives supported
Long term data retention with flash back write cache (FBWC)
Offered as a standard feature, up to 2 GB capacity
Support for RAID 1, 10, 5, 50, and RAID 6 & 60
New predictive spare activation for improved rebuild and maximized uptime
In The Box
(1) Smart Array P421 Controller
Low profile bracket
