HP StorageWorks SB40c Storage Blade

HP Updated: 2008-09-20 RSS
HP StorageWorks SB40c Storage Blade

Introducing a new category of storage blade that delivers unmatched direct attach storage density for c-Class server blades. The StorageWorks SB40c is a half-height c-Class storage blade featuring support for up to six hot-plug Small Form Factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) or Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives. Using the onboard Smart Array P400, the SB40c provides industry-leading performance, availability, and storage density, to meet customers' demanding and growing storage needs.

What's new
Designed to keep pace with increasing demand for storage, the HP StorageWorks SB40c offers SAS reliability and flexibility with Smart Array performance and manageability.

Performance

* High speed PCI Express connection to adjacent c-Class server blade
* High performance HP Smart Array P400 with 256MB Battery Backed-Write Cache
* Six hot-plug SAS or SATA drives

Management

* Simple to use, browser based Array Configuration Utility (ACU) to configure your array, add additional disk drives to an existing configuration, or completely reconfigure your disk drive array

Large Enterprise data centers

* Outstanding performance with Smart Array and Serial Attached SCSI
* Essential fault tolerance: Embedded Hardware RAID 0,1,5, 6 (ADG) capability to limit costly downtime with Battery Backed-Write Cache for increased performance and data protection
* High performance remote manageability to support centralized or remote data center environments

Mainstream/mid-sized data centers and departments, branch offices

* Enterprise performance and reliability at an affordable price
* ProLiant management tools ease of deployment and life cycle management when resources are limited
* Flexible SAS and SATA storage options

Ideal applications

* Multi-tiered enterprises applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle, and JDE
* Corporate infrastructure: file/print, mail/messaging, domain name system, directory services, firewall such as Exchange, Lotus Notes, Databases and portals