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Q8F83A is a SAN storage system engineered with 8 drive bays supporting mixed drive types including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD. It delivers a total storage capacity of up to 256 TB and supports multiple RAID levels such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10, ensuring robust data protection and versatility.
Q8F83A features an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores, pre-installed with 16 GB DDR4 memory and expandable up to 64 GB DDR4. The system is outfitted with USB 3.2 and 10GbE network interfaces, includes 4 LAN ports, offers expansion support, and comes with redundant power supply rated at 350W along with redundant fan cooling. This device is ideal for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server use cases.
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In a large enterprise data center supporting critical ERP and database services, the Q8F83A-HPE NS AF5000 Spare Controller enables instantaneous, automated controller failover when a primary I/O controller experiences a fault. By pre-staging a hot-swappable spare controller, IT teams minimize unplanned downtime to under 60 seconds, ensuring continuous access to mission-critical data. Benefit: Achieve >99.999% service availability and eliminate single-points-of-failure for business-critical workloads.
For financial services firms running low-latency trading platforms, the Q8F83A-HPE NS AF5000 Spare Controller serves as a standby component within a synchronous replication setup. In the event of controller degradation or hardware replacement, the spare controller automatically takes over, preserving write consistency across primary and secondary arrays. Benefit: Ensure zero data loss (RPO=0) and sub-minute recovery time objective (RTO<60s) for transaction-intensive applications.
Manufacturing firms deploying virtualized CAD/CAM and simulation workloads on HPE Servers leverage the Q8F83A-HPE NS AF5000 Spare Controller to safeguard storage layer performance. Upon detection of a controller fault, the spare controller seamlessly integrates into the NVMe-over-Fabric network, maintaining peak IOPS and throughput for dozens of VMs. Benefit: Sustain predictable application performance SLAs and prevent costly engineering workflow interruptions.
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 Q8F83A |  Q8E87A |  Q8D69A |  Q8B56A |  Q8D05A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | NAS | NAS |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 8-bay | 24-bay | 12-bay | 8-bay | 8-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 256 TB | 512 TB | 1 PB | 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 / 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 | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 |
| 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 | 750W | 500W | 350W | 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 | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8F83A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8E87A Enterprise SAN Storage | Q8D69A SAN Storage System | Q8B56A Enterprise NAS Storage System | Q8D05A Enterprise Storage System |
| Height | 1.75 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 19 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 27 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28.0 inches | 25 inches |
| Weight | 25 lbs | 75 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs |
Spare controller restored full functionality.
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The HPE NS AF5000 Spare Controller (SKU Q8F83A) is a hot-swappable replacement module for HPE NS5000 All-Flash Storage Arrays, designed to restore controller functionality quickly and reliably.
The AF5000 Spare Controller is compatible with HPE NS5000 All-Flash Storage Arrays running HPE StoreServ OS 4.x and integrates seamlessly into existing HPE 3PAR environments.
It features a dual active-active controller architecture, 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity, advanced deduplication and compression, NVMe SSD support, and enterprise-grade fault tolerance.
Yes. The AF5000 Spare Controller is fully hot-pluggable, enabling replacement without system downtime when configured in a dual-controller setup.