HP XP7 Getting Started Guide
5 System specifications and requirements
This section describes the physical characteristics of a HP XP7 disk array, including
• “Mechanical specifications” (page 42)
• “Electrical specifications” (page 42)
• “Environmental specifications” (page 46)
General system specifications
Capacity:
• 4.5PB Raw
• 3.9PB Useable
• 247PB External Storage
• Maximum Supported Capacities
Drive description:
• (2304) SFF SAS or
• (1152) LFF SAS or
• (192) Flash Module SAS
• Maximum Quantities Supported Media Formats
Drive type:
• 300 GB 6G 15K SFF Dual-port SAS
• 600 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual-port SAS
• 900 GB 6G 10K SFF Dual-port SAS
• 1.2 TB 6G 10K SFF Dual-port SAS
• 4 TB 6G 7.2K LFF Dual-port MDL SAS
• 400 GB MLC SAS Solid State Drive
• 800 GB MLC SAS Solid State Drive
• 1.6 TB Flash Module
• 3.2 TB Flash Module
• Supported
Host interface:
• 16 Gb/8 Gb Fibre Channel (96) Ports or
• 8 Gb Fibre Channel (192) Ports or
• 8 Gb FICON (176) Ports or
• 10 Gb FCoE (88) Ports
• Supported
Availability features:
• All active components are redundant, and hot-swappable
Cache:
• 1TB
• Maximum Supported Capacity. Includes up to 80GB of Shared Memory.
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