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HPE NS CS1000 Spare Controller
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Q8F65A is a high-performance SAN storage system designed to meet the needs of enterprise data centers, virtualization environments, and media servers. It features 8 drive bays that support a mixed configuration of SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD, offering a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB with multiple RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10. The system is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes pre-installed with 16 GB of ECC DDR4 RAM, expandable up to 64 GB.
Q8F65A offers robust connectivity through 10GbE network ports, four LAN ports, and USB 3.1 interfaces, ensuring seamless integration into complex IT environments. The unit supports expansion capabilities, features redundant fan cooling, and is equipped with a redundant power supply rated at 350W, making it ideal for mission-critical applications in enterprise data centers where reliability and high performance are paramount.
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An online retailer with peak-hour transaction volumes deploys the Q8F65A-HPE NS CS1000 Spare Controller on standby. During a scheduled controller firmware upgrade, IT engineers perform a hot-swap in under five minutes, maintaining full array performance and eliminating service interruptions. Benefit: Achieves sub-10-minute MTTR, sustains 100% uptime SLAs, and protects revenue-critical customer sessions.
A global banking firm replicates its primary CS1000 array to a secondary data center. Upon detecting a primary controller fault, the Q8F65A-HPE NS CS1000 Spare Controller is inserted immediately, triggering automatic cluster-wide failover with zero data loss. Benefit: Delivers continuous sub-millisecond I/O latency, meets stringent RTO/RPO requirements, and ensures compliance with financial regulations.
A hospital network hosting terabytes of MRI and CT scans uses the Q8F65A-HPE NS CS1000 Spare Controller to support preventative maintenance windows. By pre-staging the spare controller onsite, technicians swap out a degrading primary controller without downtime. Benefit: Guarantees uninterrupted access to diagnostic images, reduces the risk of single-point hardware failure, and upholds patient care continuity.
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 Q8F65A |  Q8D71A |  Q8D70A |  Q8D05A |  Q8B40A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | NAS | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 8-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 256 TB | 512 TB |
| RAID Support | 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 | 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 | 128 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB-C |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 750W | 750W | 350W | 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 | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8F65A Storage System | Q8D71A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8D70A Enterprise NAS Storage System | Q8D05A Enterprise Storage System | Q8B40A Enterprise SAN Storage System |
| Height | 3 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 27.5 inches | 28 inches | 25 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 50 lbs | 45 lbs | 75 lbs |
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The HPE NS CS1000 Spare Controller (Q8F65A) is an OEM replacement module designed to restore redundant controller functionality in HPE NS CS1000 storage arrays.
SKU Q8F65A is fully compatible with all HPE NS CS1000 series storage array models that accept the original controller module form factor.
Installing Q8F65A restores high availability, maintains performance under load, and ensures continuous data access by replacing a failed controller.
Yes. The Q8F65A spare controller supports hot-swap functionality, allowing replacement without shutting down the storage array.