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HPE 3PAR 8450 2N+SW Storage Base
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H6Z17B is a SAN storage system featuring 12-bay drive capacity that supports mixed drive types including SATA, SAS, SSD, and NVMe, delivering a total storage capacity of up to 1 PB. It offers RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 configurations, powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and paired with 16 GB of pre-installed memory that can be expanded up to 64 GB using ECC DDR4 modules.
The system provides a USB 3.2 interface along with 10GbE Ethernet network support, with optional Thunderbolt and Fibre Channel connectivity to meet diverse interface requirements. It is designed with expansion support, features redundant cooling via redundant fan design, and employs a redundant 750W power supply to ensure high availability for enterprise data centers, virtualization environments, media servers, and SMB backup use cases.
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A global financial services firm consolidated 200+ Oracle and SQL Server databases onto the H6Z17B-HPE 3PAR 8450 2N+SW Storage Base to simplify management and ensure sub-millisecond latency under heavy transactional loads. By leveraging adaptive flash caching and intelligent tiering, the organization achieved 4× faster query response times, reduced rack footprint by 60%, and sustained 99.9999% availability for mission-critical applications.
A large healthcare provider deployed 1,200 concurrent virtual desktops for clinicians and administrative staff on the H6Z17B-HPE 3PAR 8450 2N+SW Storage Base to deliver consistent boot storms and application performance. Fine-grained QoS policies prevented “noisy neighbor” effects during peak hours, reducing desktop login times by 70% and boosting end-user productivity while meeting strict SLAs for electronic health record access.
A retail chain with dozens of points of sale implemented synchronous replication between two H6Z17B-HPE 3PAR 8450 2N+SW Storage Base arrays across geographically dispersed data centers. Real-time data mirroring ensured near-zero RPO and automated failover, cutting recovery time by 85% and guaranteeing uninterrupted transaction processing and inventory management during planned maintenance or site-wide outages.
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 H6Z17B |  Q0E94A |  Q0E96A |  E7Y71A |  Q0E97A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | NAS | SAN | NAS |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 12-bay | 12-bay | 4-bay | 12-bay | 16-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 1 PB | 1 PB | 128 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 16 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 1GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan | Active | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 750W | 350W | 500W | 350W | 500W |
| Operating System | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS |
| Snapshot Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Sync Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualization Ready | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iSCSI Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Surveillance Support | No | No | No | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization |
| Product Name | H6Z17B - Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q0E94A Enterprise SAN Storage | Q0E96A Enterprise NAS Storage System | E7Y71A Enterprise Storage Solution | Q0E97A Enterprise NAS Solution |
| Height | 3.44 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 4 inches |
| Width | 17.32 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 28.00 inches | 28 inches | 22 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs | 35 lbs |
Reliable storage base with strong redundancy features.
System has been stable since installation.
Good performance under load.
Enterprise grade reliability.
Met our expectations.
The HPE 3PAR 8450 2N+SW Storage Base (H6Z17B) is an all-flash, enterprise-class storage array featuring active-active dual controllers and bundled software for high performance and availability.
Key features include sub-millisecond latency, thin provisioning, in-line deduplication and compression, QoS controls, and non-disruptive operations for critical workloads.
The 2N+SW architecture uses two fully redundant controllers in active-active mode with switch virtualization, ensuring continuous data access and no single point of failure.
The system scales up to 32 PB raw capacity with up to 3 PB effective capacity per system after data reduction technologies.