The HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 Controller, supporting 12Gb/s SAS and PCIe 3.0, is an ideal cost-effective solution for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 and Software Defined Storage solutions on externally attached drives. This controller operates in Mixed Mode which combines RAID and HBA operations simultaneously. It has eight external SAS lanes, allowing connection to externally attached SAS or SATA drives, and provides enterprise-class 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)
8 SAS lanes across 2 x4 external Mini-SAS HD ports
12Gb/s SAS, 6Gb/s SATA technology
Mix-and-match SAS and SATA drives to the same controller
Support for SAS tape drives
PCI Express 3.0 x8 link
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Mixed Mode (RAID logic drives and HBA physical drives simultaneously)
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
Seamless upgrades to HPE Smart Array P-class Controllers