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Q8D52A
HPE NS CS420-X8 Cntlr/PS/HDD/SSD Kit
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Q8D52A is a SAN storage system engineered in a rackmount form factor featuring 16 drive bays that support SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD, delivering a total storage capacity of 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, paired with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory upgradeable to 64 GB.
Q8D52A offers integrated connectivity through interfaces such as USB 3.2, 10GbE Ethernet, Thunderbolt, and Fibre Channel with 2 LAN ports and expansion support. It is equipped with a redundant power supply rated at 350W and redundant fan cooling, making it ideally suited for use cases such as SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications.
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Using the Q8D52A-HPE NS CS420-X8 kit, a global bank consolidates 150+ Oracle and SQL databases on a unified block-storage array. The hybrid HDD/SSD architecture with predictive caching delivers sub-millisecond I/O latency, boosting transaction throughput by 45% and ensuring 99.99% availability for trading platforms.
Leveraging the Q8D52A-HPE NS CS420-X8 kit, a large healthcare provider deploys 2,000 secure virtual desktops for clinicians. Automated tiering and inline deduplication reduce storage consumption by 60%, accelerate login times by 30%, and maintain HIPAA-compliant SLAs for electronic medical record access.
A smart manufacturing plant harnesses the Q8D52A-HPE NS CS420-X8 kit to store and analyze 50 TB of IoT sensor data in real time. High-density HDDs and NVMe SSD caching slash model-training time by 3×, enable concurrent high-throughput reads/writes, and reduce production defects by 25% through predictive maintenance with sub-hour RTO.
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 Q8D52A |  Q8E97A |  Q8D58A |  Q8D74A |  Q8D42A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 16-bay | 8-bay | 24-bay | 24-bay | 8-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 128 TB | 512 TB | 1 PB | 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 |
| 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 | 64 GB | 64 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 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 | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 350W | 500W | 500W | 500W |
| Operating System | N/A | 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 | N/A | No | No | Yes | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8D52A Enterprise Storage System | Q8E97A Enterprise Storage System | Q8D58A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q8D74A Enterprise SAN Storage | Q8D42A Enterprise Storage Array |
| Height | N/A | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 4 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | N/A | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | N/A | 20 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 25 inches |
| Weight | N/A | 25 lbs | 75 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs |
Controller kit replaced smoothly and maintained performance levels.
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The Q8D52A kit is a factory-integrated upgrade package for the HPE Nimble Storage CS420-X8 array, including dual active controllers, redundant power supplies, pre-configured HDDs and SSDs, and all required cabling.
This kit bundles two active controllers, two hot-swappable power supplies, pre-loaded HDD modules, SSD cache modules, interconnect cables, mounting rails and all necessary installation hardware.
SKU Q8D52A is designed exclusively for the HPE Nimble Storage CS420-X8 hybrid array and requires NimbleOS 5.0 or later.
Depending on drive configuration, the CS420-X8 scales to hundreds of terabytes of raw capacity, combining high-density HDD modules with SSD cache acceleration.