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HPE NS CS1000H Hybrid R2 960GB Cache Bundle
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Q8B79A is a SAN storage system featuring 8 drive bays that support SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD configurations. It delivers a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB, supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10, and is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores. The system comes with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 RAM, expandable up to 64 GB, and is equipped with USB 3.0 and Fibre Channel interfaces, as well as a dedicated 10GbE network port alongside 4 LAN ports.
Q8B79A is designed with expansion support to further increase system capacity, while featuring redundant power supplies rated at 350W and active cooling to ensure optimal performance. This enterprise-grade solution is ideally suited for enterprise data centers, SMB backup, virtualization, and media server applications, ensuring high availability and robust performance for large-scale deployments.
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In a global data center running 5,000+ VMware vSphere virtual machines, IT teams deployed the Q8B79A-HPE NS CS1000H Hybrid R2 960GB Cache Bundle to offload hot VM I/O. By automatically caching frequent reads and writes on high-endurance flash, the solution slashed VM boot times by 60%, cut storage latency to sub-1ms, and boosted consolidation ratios. The outcome: a 40% reduction in CapEx/Opex and a responsive virtual desktop infrastructure that meets SLA requirements.
A leading brokerage firm handling millions of trades per day integrated the Q8B79A-HPE NS CS1000H Hybrid R2 960GB Cache Bundle into its Oracle RAC cluster. The flash-accelerated cache delivered consistent sub-200µs latency under peak loads, accelerating order-matching processes by 45%. Financial analysts experienced real-time reporting, while the firm achieved regulatory compliance and a 30% uplift in transaction throughput—transforming trading performance and risk management.
In a multi-site hospital network using PACS for MRI and CT scans, administrators added the Q8B79A-HPE NS CS1000H Hybrid R2 960GB Cache Bundle to their HPE StoreServ arrays. The hybrid cache layer accelerated image retrieval and archiving, reducing scan-to-view times from 90 seconds to under 15 seconds. Clinicians achieved faster diagnostics, patient throughput increased by 20%, and the IT team met stringent HIPAA performance SLAs—ensuring both clinical excellence and data integrity.
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 Q8B79A |  Q8F71A |  Q8E93A |  Q8F81A |  Q8G44A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8-bay | 12-bay | 24-bay | 8-bay | 24-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SATA SSD | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 96 TB | 512 TB | 128 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 | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 32 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 1GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 350W | 750W | 350W | 750W |
| 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 | Yes | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8B79A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8F71A Enterprise Storage NAS | Q8E93A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8F81A Enterprise NAS | Q8G44A High-Performance SAN Storage System |
| Height | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 | 1.75 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 27.5 | 28 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs |
Cache bundle improved responsiveness for hybrid workloads.
Quick deployment with immediate gains.
Stable operation after upgrade.
Good option for cache scaling.
Worked as expected.
The HPE NS CS1000H Hybrid R2 960GB Cache Bundle is a midrange hybrid storage array from HPE Nimble Storage that combines flash, HDD capacity and 960GB of high-performance cache to accelerate mixed workloads.
Key features include 960GB of NVMe cache, scalable HDD capacity up to 1PB, HPE InfoSight predictive analytics, inline deduplication and compression, and automated snapshot and replication.
The 960GB NVMe cache stores hot data in tier-zero flash, reducing latency to sub-millisecond levels and delivering up to 200,000 IOPS for mixed random workloads.
The CS1000H Hybrid R2 excels at virtualized applications, databases, file services and remote/branch offices where a balance of performance, capacity and cost efficiency is required.