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Q8D48A
HPE NS CS420G-X4 Cntlr/PS/HDD/SSD Kit
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Q8D48A is a NAS storage system engineered with 48 drive bays that supports SATA, SAS, SSD, and NVMe drives, offering a total storage capacity of 1 PB. It delivers reliable performance with support for RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / RAID 50 / RAID 60 configurations.
Q8D48A features an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory, expandable up to 64 GB. Its industry-standard interfaces include USB 3.2, Thunderbolt, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel, complemented by 10GbE network connectivity, 4 LAN ports, expansion support, redundant fan cooling, and a redundant 350W power supply, making it ideal for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server use cases.
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In a multinational law firm deploying 3,000 virtual desktops across three data centers, the Q8D48A-HPE NS CS420G-X4 Kit—featuring dual x4 controllers, redundant PSUs, NVMe SSD caching and high-capacity HDDs—delivers sustained 15,000 IOPS at sub-millisecond latency. Outcome: 50% faster user log-on times, 35% reduction in storage footprint and centralized lifecycle management via HPE InfoSight.
A financial services company processes 10 TB of trading data nightly and trains predictive models on the same window. By leveraging the Q8D48A-HPE NS CS420G-X4 Kit’s 10 GB/s sequential throughput and 500K random IOPS, data-prep is cut from 4 hours to 90 minutes and model training accelerates by 60%. Outcome: faster insights, scalable growth and lower TCO.
A global manufacturer integrates the Q8D48A-HPE NS CS420G-X4 Kit with HPE StoreOnce for on-prem backup of 200 TB. Advanced deduplication (20:1 ratio), snapshot orchestration and automated failover deliver an RTO under 10 minutes and 40% shorter backup windows. Outcome: robust DR readiness, simplified management in HPE OneView and predictable scalability.
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 Q8D48A |  Q8C98A |  Q8B33A |  Q8F69A |  Q8D44A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | NAS | SAN | NAS | SAN | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 48-bay | 16-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 24-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 1 PB | 1 PB | 256 TB | 256 TB | 1 PB |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / RAID 50 / RAID 60 | 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 50 / RAID 60 / JBOD |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 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 | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 500W | 350W | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB, Enterprise Data Center, Virtualization, Media Server | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8D48A Storage Array | Q8C98A Enterprise Storage System | Q8B33A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8F69A Ultra Storage Appliance | Q8D44A Storage System |
| Height | 4 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 27 inches | 20 inches | 15.0 inches | 25 inches |
| Weight | 80 lbs | 35 lbs | 25 lbs | 27 lbs | 30 lbs |
Controller kit integrated smoothly into system.
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The kit includes a dual-port HPE NS CS420G-X4 controller, two redundant hot-plug power supplies, four 1.2 TB 10K SAS HDDs, four 480 GB SSDs, drive caddies, SAS cables, and mounting hardware.
The HPE NS CS420G-X4 controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60 to optimize performance and data protection.
The CS420G-X4 chassis supports up to 24 hot-plug drive bays for mixed HDD and SSD configurations.
The kit supports 2.5″ SAS HDDs and SSDs on 12 Gb/s SAS interfaces and is backward-compatible with 6 Gb/s SAS devices.