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Q8D78A is a high-performance NAS storage system engineered for demanding enterprise and SMB environments. It features 8 drive bays that support mixed drive types—including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD—to deliver a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB and versatile RAID configurations such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and JBOD.
Q8D78A is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 8 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory (expandable to 32 GB), ensuring robust performance for intensive workloads. The system offers 10GbE network ports, 4 LAN ports, and USB 3.0 connectivity, with expansion support, a redundant power supply rated at 350W, and redundant fan cooling, making it ideal for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications.
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In a mid-size financial services firm, IT deploys two Q8D78A-HPE NS CS215 Controllers with 2×1 GbE ports in an active-active SAN cluster to host critical transaction data. This configuration provides sub-50 ms failover, non-disruptive maintenance and linear bandwidth scaling—ensuring continuous access to databases, reducing unplanned downtime and protecting revenue-generating applications.
A distributed retail chain equips its 50 branch offices with the Q8D78A-HPE NS CS215 Controller/2×1 GbE Adapter Kit to accelerate encrypted VM and file backups to the central data center. Native deduplication and the dual 1 GbE links optimize WAN utilization, cutting nightly replication windows by 30% and meeting sub-hour recovery point objectives (RPO) while simplifying DR orchestration.
An engineering consultancy integrates Q8D78A-HPE NS CS215 Controllers into its HPE ProLiant-based VMware ESXi cluster to offload storage networking onto dedicated 1 GbE adapters. This approach reduces CPU overhead by 15%, improves VM I/O latency by 20% and consolidates SAN management—delivering a streamlined, cost-effective hyper-converged infrastructure with predictable performance.
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 Q8D78A |  Q8D07A |  Q8D54A |  Q8F05A |  Q8D30A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 256 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / 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 / JBOD |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 32 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.0 | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 500W | 350W | 500W | 350W |
| 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 | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8D78A Storage System | Q8D07A Enterprise NAS | Q8D54A Enterprise NAS Storage System | Q8F05A Advanced Storage Server | Q8D30A Enterprise Storage System |
| Height | 3 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 in | 3 inches | 4 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 in | 17 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 25 inches | 20.0 in | 28 inches | 18 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 25 lbs | 35 lbs | 35 lbs |
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The HPE NS CS215 Controller/2x1GbE 2-port adapter kit (SKU Q8D78A) is a network storage controller designed for HPE ProLiant servers, featuring two 1 GbE ports and advanced RAID capabilities.
The Q8D78A kit is certified for HPE ProLiant DL and ML series Gen9 and Gen10 servers. Verify compatibility using the HPE Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) compatibility matrix.
Power down the server, remove the chassis cover, insert the Q8D78A card into an available PCIe slot, secure it with the bracket screw, replace the cover, and reboot the system.
Yes. The Q8D78A adapter fully supports IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging for network segmentation and enhanced traffic management in virtualized and physical environments.