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Q8E90A is a SAN storage system featuring a 16-bay design that supports SATA, SAS, SSD, and NVMe drive types with a total storage capacity of 512 TB. It offers multiple RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10, paired with an Intel Xeon processor (8 cores) and ECC DDR4 memory pre-installed at 16 GB, upgradeable to 64 GB, ensuring robust performance.
The device provides extensive connectivity with USB 3.2 and 10GbE network ports along with 4 LAN ports, enabling seamless integration into high-demand environments. It also features expansion support, hot-swap drive capability, redundant fan cooling, and a redundant 750W power supply, making it ideally suited for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications.
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In a mission-critical data center running HPE ProLiant servers, the Q8E90A-HPE NS CS 160GB Spare SSD is pre-staged as a hot-swap spare. When a primary drive predicts failure, the system automatically engages the spare SSD without manual intervention. Benefit: Maintains 24/7 availability, reduces mean time to recovery (MTTR) by 70%, and safeguards SLAs for enterprise applications.
An IT team deploys the Q8E90A-HPE NS CS 160GB Spare SSD as a read-intensive cache tier in an HPE Nimble Storage array supporting 1,000+ virtual desktops. By offloading hot data to the spare SSD, login storms and boot-up times fall by 50%. Benefit: Delivers consistent user experience, maximizes ROI on VDI hardware, and accelerates desktop provisioning.
A financial services firm integrates the Q8E90A-HPE NS CS 160GB Spare SSD into its HPE 3PAR StoreServ cluster to bolster storage resilience for high-transaction OLTP databases. If a production SSD degrades, the spare instantly replaces it, ensuring write-through integrity. Benefit: Prevents costly downtime, upholds ACID compliance, and secures continuous transaction throughput.
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 Q8E90A |  Q8D42A |  Q8D65A |  Q8F79A |  Q8B36A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN | NAS |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 16-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay | 12-bay | 8-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 1 PB | 512 TB | 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 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 | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 1GbE |
| 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 | 750W | 500W | 500W | 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 | No | No | No | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8E90A Enterprise Storage System | Q8D42A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8D65A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8F79A Storage System | Q8B36A Storage System |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches |
| Width | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 25 inches | 24 inches | 15 inches | 12 inches |
| Weight | 50 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 25 lbs |
Spare SSD installed cleanly and performed reliably.
Good quality replacement for cache tiers.
No rebuild issues encountered.
Consistent latency after deployment.
Met expectations.
The HPE NS CS Spare SSD offers 160 GB of raw flash storage capacity for enterprise applications.
This spare SSD is a 2.5-inch (SFF) solid-state drive compatible with HPE drive bays.
It supports a SATA 6 Gb/s interface for high-speed data transfer in HPE servers.
The SSD is compatible with HPE ProLiant Gen9, Gen10, and select HPE StorageWorks enclosures.