$5,000,000+
Inventory Delivered By
L
Luke Barron
5
Field upgrade expanded capacity without downtime.
Q8D04A
HPE NS CS300 Hybrid Fld Upgrade
Shipping to 
United States
United States United StatesName:
Added to cart 28 times recently
In stock - Ready to Ship
3 Year Extended Warranty
Same-day Shipping
14-Day Money Back Guarantee
Shipping:
Payment:
3 Year Extended Warranty
Same-day Shipping
14-Day Money Back Guarantee
Need Additional Discount on Product?
Request a quote below - Get Exclusive Pricing and Support.
Shipping:
Payment:
Q8D04A
HPE NS CS300 Hybrid Fld Upgrade
TRUSTED, TRIED, PROVEN
Inventory Delivered By
& Verified By
Solutions Powered By
Q8D04A is a SAN storage system featuring 16 drive bays that support SATA, SAS, SSD, and NVMe drives with a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB. It operates with RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 configurations, is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores, and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory expandable to 128 GB.
Q8D04A delivers connectivity through USB 3.0, Thunderbolt, 10GbE Ethernet, and Fibre Channel interfaces, and supports advanced network connectivity with 2 LAN ports. It offers expansion support, redundant power supply at 750W, and redundant fan cooling. Designed for demanding environments, it is ideally suited for enterprise data centers, SMB backup, virtualization, and media server applications.
Q8D04A price is is available on request. Get immediate quote.
Request bulk order quote for Q8D04A for additional pricing. Browse the full Hpe Nimble Storage series or explore all Hpe products.
To get the detailed certification, please go to the Compliance Center.
 Q8D04A |  Q8D20A |  Q8B41A |  Q8D47A |  Q8G44A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 16-bay | 8-bay | 16-bay | 12-bay | 24-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD / Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 512 TB | 1 PB | 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 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 | 32 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 128 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 750W | 750W | 500W | 750W | 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 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8D04A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8D20A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8B41A | Q8D47A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8G44A High-Performance SAN Storage System |
| Height | 3 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 1.75 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 27 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs |
Field upgrade expanded capacity without downtime.
Straightforward installation process.
System performance remained stable.
Good scalability option.
Reliable field upgrade.
The HPE NS CS300 Hybrid Field Upgrade (SKU Q8D04A) is a hardware, firmware, and software bundle that transforms a Nimble Storage CS300 array into a hybrid flash and HDD system for balanced performance and capacity.
The kit includes HDD drive trays, drive caddies, Nimble OS firmware update, hybrid software licenses, and installation documentation.
This upgrade applies to HPE Nimble Storage CS200 and CS300 arrays running Nimble OS 5.0 or later with available drive bays.
By integrating high-capacity HDDs with existing flash cache, it delivers optimized I/O throughput, reduced latency, and improved workload balancing.