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HPE NS SF100 Secondary Flash Base Array
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Q8B42A is a SAN storage system designed for high-performance enterprise data centers and virtualization environments. It features a 12-bay drive enclosure supporting a mixed array of drive types including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD, with a total storage capacity of up to 1 PB. It supports multiple RAID levels such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10, ensuring robust data protection and performance.
Q8B42A is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory, expandable up to 128 GB for demanding workloads. It provides connectivity through USB 3.2 ports and 10GbE network ports along with 4 LAN ports, while offering expansion support, redundant cooling with a redundant fan, and a redundant power supply rated at 750W. Ideal for SMB backup operations, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications, it delivers a comprehensive and reliable storage solution.
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Scenario: A financial services firm with sub-minute RTO/RPO requirements deploys the Q8B42A-HPE NS SF100 Secondary Flash Base Array as a high-performance backup target. By offloading daily snapshots to secondary flash storage, the IT team reduces backup windows by 60% and enables instant failover in case of primary array failure. Benefit: Meets stringent recovery SLAs, minimizes potential data loss, and lowers OPEX by eliminating reliance on tape archives.
Scenario: A global manufacturer processes petabytes of IoT sensor data for predictive maintenance. Integrating the Q8B42A-HPE NS SF100 Secondary Flash Base Array as a hot tier in its Hadoop ecosystem accelerates random read/write workloads by 4× without impacting the primary SAN. Benefit: Delivers real-time analytics insights, optimizes data-processing throughput, and extends the lifespan of primary storage arrays.
Scenario: A large university supports 1,500 virtual desktops and experiences severe login-storm bottlenecks each morning. By caching VDI images on the Q8B42A-HPE NS SF100 Secondary Flash Base Array, IT reduces login IOPS by 70% and maintains consistent user performance during peak hours. Benefit: Ensures predictable desktop performance, simplifies image provisioning, and reduces infrastructure TCO by offloading intensive I/O from the primary array.
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 Q8B42A |  Q8D77A |  Q8E90A |  Q8D46A |  Q8F83A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | NAS | SAN | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 12-bay | 8-bay | 16-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD / Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 1 PB | 256 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 256 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 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 | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 750W | 350W | 750W | 750W | 350W |
| Operating System | Custom OS | QTS | 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 | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8B42A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8D77A Pro Storage System | Q8E90A Enterprise Storage System | Q8D46A | Q8F83A Enterprise Storage Array |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 4.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 1.75 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 19 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 16.5 inches | 28 inches | 18 inches | 27 inches |
| Weight | 75 lbs | 25 lbs | 50 lbs | 25 lbs | 25 lbs |
Secondary flash base array integrated smoothly and improved overall system responsiveness.
Reliable platform that worked well alongside our existing Nimble deployment.
Stable performance from day one with no configuration issues.
Good foundation for expanding flash capacity in our environment.
Delivered consistent performance for daily workloads.
The HPE NS SF100 Secondary Flash Base Array is a high-performance storage solution designed for secondary workloads such as backup, analytics and test/dev. It delivers enterprise-grade flash speed with cost-effective capacity in a compact 1U form factor.
Key features include dual active controllers, NVMe-over-FC/iSCSI connectivity, inline compression and deduplication, up to 576 TB of raw flash capacity, and HPE InfoSight predictive analytics for proactive health and performance monitoring.
The SF100 delivers up to 3.5 million IOPS and sub-millisecond latency, ensuring rapid data access for secondary workloads such as backup restores, snapshots and analytics queries.
The SF100 supports 12 drive bays populated with either 4.8 TB or 9.6 TB NVMe SSDs, offering a maximum raw capacity of 115.2 TB per base array and up to 576 TB with expansion enclosures.