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HPE Smart Array P204i-b SR Gen10 Controller

The HPE Smart Array P204i-b SR Gen10 Controller, supporting 12Gb/s SAS and PCIe 3.0, is ideal for maximizing performance while supporting advanced RAID levels with 1 GB flash-backed write cache (FBWC). This controller operates in Mixed Mode which combines RAID and HBA operations simultaneously. It has four internal SAS lanes, allowing connection to SAS or SATA drives, and provides enterprise-class storage performance, reliability, security and efficiency needed to address your evolving data storage needs. This controller offers enhanced security by encrypting data-at-rest on any drive with HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption.

Storage interface (SAS/SATA) 4 SAS lanes across an internal SAS port 12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA technology Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller 1 GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC) PCI Express 3.0 x8 link RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 1 ADM (Advanced Data Mirroring) Mixed Mode (RAID logic drives and HBA physical drives simultaneously) VMware Virtual SAN certified Legacy and UEFI boot operation UEFI System Utilities (storage configuration) Up to 238 physical drives Up to 64 logical drives HPE Smart Array SR Secure Encryption (optional license) HPE SSD Smart Path Rapid Parity Initialization (RPI) Rapid rebuild Drive Sanitize Performance Optimization-Degraded Reads and Read Coalescing Power efficiency Seamless upgrades from HPE Smart Array Software RAID FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Implementation Under Test (expected validation complete in 2018)