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HPE NS SF300 Secondary Flash Fld Upgrade
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Q8C96A is a high-performance SAN storage system featuring 12 drive bays and support for SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD drives with a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 configurations and is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores alongside 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory expandable up to 128 GB.
Q8C96A offers robust connectivity with USB 3.2 ports, dual 10GbE, and Fibre Channel interfaces, ensuring reliable network support and expansion capabilities. Designed with a redundant power supply rated at 350W and redundant fan cooling, this system is ideally suited for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications.
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In a global financial services firm running 5,000 persistent VDI sessions on HPE Nimble Storage, the Q8C96A-HPE NS SF300 Secondary Flash Fld Upgrade delivers an additional flash cache layer—halving login and boot storms. Outcome: 2× faster desktop response, 40% lower storage latency and streamlined end-user productivity.
An online retailer operating a MySQL-based order-processing platform experienced I/O bottlenecks during peak shopping hours. By applying the Q8C96A-HPE NS SF300 Secondary Flash Fld Upgrade, sustained random read performance doubled, driving 30% higher transaction rates and ensuring sub-millisecond query times.
A distributed healthcare network replicates patient records from 20 clinics to a central data center over WAN links. Deploying the Q8C96A-HPE NS SF300 Secondary Flash Fld Upgrade at each site accelerates deduplicated writes and read caches—cutting replication windows by 60% and delivering faster Recovery Time Objectives.
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 Q8C96A |  Q8D05A |  Q8F64A |  Q8F79A |  Q8B41A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | NAS | SAN | SAN | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 12-bay | 8-bay | 16-bay | 12-bay | 16-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD / Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 256 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 1 PB |
| 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 | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE / Fibre Channel | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 350W | 750W | 500W | 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 | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8C96A Enterprise Storage System | Q8D05A Enterprise Storage System | Q8F64A | Q8F79A Storage System | Q8B41A |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.3 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 25.0 inches | 25 inches | 28 inches | 15 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 35 lbs |
Secondary flash upgrade completed without disruption.
System performance remained consistent.
Reliable scaling option.
Worked exactly as expected.
Good enterprise upgrade choice.
A field upgrade that installs an additional flash module in the HPE NS SF300 storage array to boost performance and capacity.
By offloading more hot data into flash memory, it increases caching capacity, reduces latency and raises IOPS for demanding workloads.
All HPE NS SF300 base systems with an available secondary flash slot—as verified in the HPE QuickSpecs or by HPE Support—are compatible.
Yes. The upgrade is user-installable using HPE’s step-by-step field upgrade instructions without requiring specialized tools or onsite professional services.