Innovative technologies in HP ProLiant Gen8 servers

lifetime data retention should the power go out. When the server is powered back on, FBWC writes

the data to the drive. FBWC is available in 512 MB, 1 GB, or 2 GB modules.

Smart Array P-Series controllers support the following tools:

Active Health Logging

Array Configuration Utility (ACU)

ACU-CLI (command line interface)

SNMP agents

Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) providers

HP SmartDrive

For our ProLiant Gen8 servers, we designed the HP SmartDrive for improved drive density, drive status

indication, and serviceability. The compact drive carrier design enables a 50% increase in spindle

count.

The drive’s front bezel includes a blue backlight for locating a specific SmartDrive selected from

within the storage software. An icon-based display reports the drive’s status. A ―do-not-remove‖ LED

helps prevent a drive failure whenever anyone tries to remove the wrong drive. Other serviceability

improvements include authentication, failure logging, and integration with the HP Active Health

System.

HP Host Bus Adapters

HP SAS HBAs address the need for low-cost direct-attached storage, single-domain JBODs, tape

drives, libraries, and shared storage arrays. H-Series SAS HBAs for ProLiant Gen8 servers are low-

profile cards or an adapter embedded in the system board. The H-Series HBA supports 6 Gb/s SAS,

SATA, or SSD. It also supports shared external storage and multi-LUN tape libraries or external tape.

HP IO Accelerators

HP IO Accelerators are available for ProLiant DL and BL servers. For ProLiant Gen8 servers, we will be

moving to 25nm NAND technology that will improve performance.

The HP IO Accelerator takes application performance to another level by moving storage closer to the

CPU. The HP IO Accelerator has a latency of about 30 microseconds compared to 100 milliseconds

for array controllers.

The HP IO Accelerator greatly increases performance for the following applications:

Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Exchange

SharePoint

Business Intelligence and data warehousing

Virtualization

Multimedia

Medical imaging