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Q8B55A is an enterprise-grade SAN storage system designed with an 8-bay configuration that supports a wide range of drive types including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD, delivering a total storage capacity of up to 256 TB. It offers advanced RAID configurations such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 to ensure data protection and high performance.
Q8B55A is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory, expandable up to 128 GB to meet demanding workloads. With interfaces featuring USB 3.2, 10GbE Ethernet, and Fibre Channel, as well as expansion support, a redundant 350W power supply, and active cooling, this system is ideally suited for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications.
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In a mid-sized finance firm running VMware vSphere, IT uses the Q8B55A-HPE NS CS/SF Hybrid 84TB HDD Bundle on their HPE Nimble CS260 array to host daily snapshots and off-site replications. This high-density hybrid storage accelerates backup windows by 50% while reducing backup storage TCO by 40%, ensuring rapid recovery and regulatory compliance.
A manufacturing plant streams real-time sensor data into an HPE Nimble CS560 array equipped with the Q8B55A-HPE NS CS/SF Hybrid 84TB HDD Bundle as a secondary tier. Hot data auto-tiers to flash, while cold telemetry resides on high-capacity HDD, sustaining 1 GB/s write throughput and sub-100 ms query latency. This hybrid solution delivers 30% faster ingestion, 2× lower analytics response, and 70% lower storage costs compared to all-flash alternatives.
A global call center deploys 2,000 VDI sessions on an HPE Nimble CS460 system expanded with the Q8B55A-HPE NS CS/SF Hybrid 84TB HDD Bundle. The hybrid architecture ensures sub-1 ms read latency for user profiles and efficient writes for session data, supporting 99.99% uptime. The high-capacity HDD tier reduces per-seat storage costs by 60% while maintaining consistent performance.
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 Q8B55A |  Q8E93A |  Q8D61A |  Q8F05A |  Q8D54A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | NAS | NAS |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 8-bay | 24-bay | 24-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | 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 | 256 TB | 512 TB | 512 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 | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 128 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 750W | 750W | 500W | 350W |
| 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 | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8B55A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8E93A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8D61A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8F05A Advanced Storage Server | Q8D54A Enterprise NAS Storage System |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 4 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 in |
| Width | 17.3 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 in |
| Depth | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 20.0 in |
| Weight | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 35 lbs | 25 lbs |
Large HDD bundle provided excellent capacity expansion.
Integrated smoothly into our hybrid array.
Stable performance for data-heavy workloads.
Reliable option for scaling storage.
Worked well in production.
The HPE NS CS/SF Hybrid 84TB HDD Bundle (SKU Q8B55A) is a pre-configured pack of enterprise-class hard disk drives designed for HPE Nimble Storage and StoreFabric environments, delivering a total of 84 TB of hybrid capacity.
The bundle contains twelve 7 200 RPM, 6 TB SAS hard disk drives, totaling 84 TB of raw storage capacity.
This bundle is validated for HPE Nimble Storage CS and HPE StoreFabric (SF) systems that accept 2.5″ SAS drives.
The hybrid bundle combines high-capacity HDDs with existing flash tiers in your array to optimize cost-per-gigabyte and automated tiering performance.