HPE Smart Array E208e-p SR Gen10 Controller

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