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Q8D06A is a high-performance NAS storage system engineered with 12 drive bays and supports multiple drive types including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD, offering a total storage capacity of up to 1 PB. It incorporates robust RAID support—RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, RAID 60, and JBOD—powered by an Intel Xeon 8-core processor and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory, which is expandable up to 128 GB.
Q8D06A features a suite of versatile interfaces including high-speed 10GbE network ports, 4 LAN ports, and USB 3.2 connectivity, ensuring comprehensive network support and seamless integration in various environments. Designed for demanding use cases such as SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications, it also provides active cooling, redundant power with a 750W capacity, and expansion support for future growth.
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A global retailer running mission-critical SAP HANA databases deploys the Q8D06A HPE NS AF3000 All-Flash Field Upgrade to achieve sub-millisecond latency and 3× faster query performance, enabling real-time inventory analytics, improving SLA adherence, and driving actionable business insights.
An enterprise expands its remote workforce by upgrading VDI storage to the Q8D06A HPE NS AF3000 All-Flash Field Upgrade, delivering sub-millisecond I/O for 5,000 concurrent virtual desktops, boosting end-user productivity, reducing storage footprint by 40%, and simplifying administration to lower total cost of ownership.
A financial services firm modernizes its backup and DR infrastructure by implementing the Q8D06A HPE NS AF3000 All-Flash Field Upgrade across primary and secondary sites, accelerating snapshot creation and synchronous replication by 95%, reducing RPO to seconds, slashing RTO by 80%, and ensuring continuous regulatory compliance.
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 Q8D06A |  Q8D77A |  Q8D38A |  Q8B80A |  Q8B57A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | NAS | NAS | NAS | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 12-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 16-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD / Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD / Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 1 PB | 256 TB | 256 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / RAID 50 / RAID 60 / JBOD | 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 | 64 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 | 4 | 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 | Active | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 750W | 350W | 350W | 750W | 750W |
| 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8D06A Enterprise NAS | Q8D77A Pro Storage System | Q8D38A Enterprise NAS Storage System | Q8B80A Enterprise Storage NAS | Q8B57A Storage System |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 4.5 inches | 4 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.3 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 27 inches | 16.5 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 20 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 25 lbs | 25 lbs | 55 lbs | 25 lbs |
All flash field upgrade improved performance significantly.
Straightforward upgrade process.
No disruption to workloads.
Good expansion option.
Dependable upgrade kit.
The HPE NS AF3000 All Flash Field Upgrade (SKU Q8D06A) is a field conversion kit that transforms an HPE Nimble Storage hybrid AF3000 array into an all-flash configuration for higher performance and lower latency.
The AF3000 All Flash field upgrade is supported on HPE Nimble Storage AF3000 mid-range arrays originally deployed as hybrid configurations and running the required firmware version.
Upgrading to all-flash delivers up to 5× higher IOPS, sub-millisecond latency and up to 3× faster application response times compared to hybrid drives.
The Q8D06A kit includes fourteen 1.92 TB HPE Nimble Storage SSDs and all necessary drive trays and cables for a full AF3000 conversion.