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Q8D45A
HPE NS CS260G-X2 Cntlr/PS/HDD/SSD Kit
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Q8D45A is a high-performance SAN storage system engineered for demanding enterprise deployments. It features 24 drive bays that support mixed drive types including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD, delivering a total capacity of up to 512 TB and offering RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 configurations, powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and equipped with 16 GB of ECC DDR4 memory (expandable up to 64 GB). Its interfaces include USB 3.2, 10GbE Ethernet, and Fibre Channel, ensuring robust network and data transfer capabilities.
Q8D45A also provides expansion support and is built with active cooling and a redundant 500W power supply to guarantee continuous operation in critical environments. This solution is ideally suited for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications, delivering reliable performance and advanced data management for a variety of use cases.
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In a global enterprise datacenter running VMware vSphere, the Q8D45A-HPE NS CS260G-X2 Cntlr/PS/HDD/SSD Kit upgrades HPE CS260G storage nodes with dual active controllers, redundant power supplies and a hybrid SSD/HDD architecture. This delivers up to 500K IOPS and sub-1 ms latency for over 300 consolidated VMs, reducing rack space by 40%, cutting licensing costs by 25% and streamlining capacity planning.
A financial services firm processing real-time market data deployed the Q8D45A-HPE NS CS260G-X2 Kit on HPE CS260G nodes to enable SSD caching and high–throughput SAS controllers. The solution cut ETL and BI query times by 60%, accelerated machine learning model training from 8 hours to 3.2 hours and doubled data-science team productivity, delivering actionable insights in near real time.
A retail enterprise implemented the Q8D45A-HPE NS CS260G-X2 Cntlr/PS/HDD/SSD Kit alongside HPE Cloud Volumes to enable synchronous replication between primary and DR sites. The setup achieved RPO under 5 minutes and RTO under 15 minutes, reduced DR testing cycles by 70% and ensured SLA compliance and rapid failover without data loss.
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 Q8D45A |  Q8B83A |  Q8C95A |  Q8D79A |  Q8D20A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 24-bay | 12-bay | 12-bay | 12-bay | 8-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD |
| 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 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 | 32 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 500W | 750W | 500W | 500W | 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 | No | No | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization |
| Product Name | Q8D45A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8B83A SAN Storage System | Q8C95A | Q8D79A Enterprise SAN | Q8D20A Enterprise Storage Array |
| Height | 4 inches | 3 inches | 1.75 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 25 inches | 28 inches | 20 inches | 27.5 inches | 27 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs |
Spare kit integrated seamlessly with existing system.
No performance impact after installation.
Reliable recovery solution for production.
Good build quality and usability.
Worked exactly as required.
The Q8D45A kit includes an HPE NS CS260G-X2 RAID controller, dual hot-swap power supplies, a backplane cable assembly, mounting brackets, and support for up to eight 2.5" HDDs or SSDs.
The kit is compatible with HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10, DL380 Gen10, ML350 Gen10 servers and all enclosures that support the HPE Smart Array CS260G-X2 controller.
Power down the server, mount the controller into the PCIe slot, connect the backplane cables, secure the power supplies, install drives into the sleds, then power on and configure the controller in the system BIOS.
The HPE NS CS260G-X2 kit supports up to eight 2.5" drives, allowing a maximum raw capacity of 192 TB when populated with 24 TB SSDs.