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HPE NS CS/AF/SF 480GB Spare SSD
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Q8E96A is an enterprise-grade SAN storage system featuring a 24-bay design that supports SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD drive types. It delivers a total storage capacity of 512 TB, supports advanced RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10, and is powered by an Intel Xeon processor paired with 16 GB pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory, scalable up to 128 GB.
Q8E96A provides high-speed interface options with USB 3.2 connectivity and 10GbE network ports, along with Fibre Channel support for versatile deployment. The system is designed with expansion capabilities, redundant active cooling, and a redundant power supply rated at 350W, making it suitable for use cases such as SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media servers.
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In large-scale HPE Nimble Storage and 3PAR arrays, deploying the Q8E96A-HPE NS CS/AF/SF 480GB Spare SSD as an automated hot-spare delivers instant failover when a primary drive degrades. Benefit: minimizes unplanned downtime, sustains sub-millisecond I/O performance and protects enterprise SLAs.
In real-time trading and risk-analysis clusters, integrating the Q8E96A-HPE NS CS/AF/SF 480GB Spare SSD ensures immediate capacity replacement on drive failure. Benefit: maintains consistent transaction throughput, upholds regulatory compliance and safeguards critical market data integrity.
On remote factory floor servers running predictive-maintenance and computer-vision workloads, the Q8E96A-HPE NS CS/AF/SF 480GB Spare SSD provides seamless hot-swap redundancy. Benefit: guarantees continuous low-latency inference, prevents production bottlenecks and reduces costly field service interventions.
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 Q8E96A |  Q8B66A |  Q8F65A |  Q8G62A |  Q8B71A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | NAS | SAN | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 24-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 16-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 128 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 256 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 | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 128 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.1 | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 350W | 350W | 750W | 500W |
| 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 | No | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8E96A High-Performance Storage System | Q8B66A Enterprise NAS Storage System | Q8F65A Storage System | Q8G62A Storage System | Q8B71A Enterprise Storage System |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.2 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 25.0 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs |
SSD replacement restored system responsiveness immediately.
Fast rebuild times and stable performance.
Integrated easily and performed as expected.
Reliable spare SSD for production systems.
Consistent flash performance after deployment.
The HPE NS CS/AF/SF 480GB Spare SSD is a high-performance, hot-pluggable solid-state drive designed as a verified replacement for HPE storage arrays, ensuring minimal downtime and consistent I/O performance.
The Q8E96A Spare SSD is compatible with HPE Nimble Storage CS, AF, and SF arrays, as well as any HPE servers or enclosures supporting 2.5-inch NVMe U.2 SSD modules.
The Q8E96A uses the PCIe 3.0 NVMe interface in a 2.5-inch U.2 form factor, offering high throughput and low latency in standard server and storage chassis.
This SSD delivers up to 3,100 MB/s sequential read, 1,900 MB/s sequential write, and up to 400,000 random read IOPS, providing enterprise-grade speed for demanding workloads.