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Q8F85A is a high-performance NAS storage system designed for demanding environments. It features 8 drive bays that support SATA HDD, SAS HDD, and SATA SSD drives with a total storage capacity of up to 256 TB. The system offers advanced RAID levels including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10, ensuring data reliability and flexibility. It is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory, upgradeable to 64 GB.
The Q8F85A provides multiple interfaces including USB 3.2, 10GbE Ethernet, and Fibre Channel, supporting robust network connectivity with 2 LAN ports. Designed with expansion support, redundant power supply rated at 500W, and redundant fan cooling, it ensures maximum uptime and performance. Ideal for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications, the Q8F85A is engineered to meet the diverse needs of modern IT infrastructures.
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In a global financial services data center running critical transaction workloads, the Q8F85A-HPE NS AF9000 Spare Controller is pre-staged to replace a failed primary controller in under five minutes. By enabling instant hardware failover, IT teams achieve sub-15-minute RTO, maintain 99.999% application uptime and eliminate extended maintenance windows—ensuring uninterrupted trading and compliance with SLAs.
A retail enterprise experiences seasonal traffic surges and spikes in concurrent transactions. By deploying the Q8F85A-HPE NS AF9000 Spare Controller as a hot-swap backup in its HPE Nimble hybrid-cloud array, the IT team can dynamically swap controllers without data migration or rehydration delays. The immediate capacity restoration supports 3× peak I/O throughput and delivers consistent sub-1ms latency for e-commerce applications.
A healthcare provider must apply firmware updates and hardware refreshes on its HPE AF9000 archive platform without interrupting patient data access. The Q8F85A-HPE NS AF9000 Spare Controller allows administrators to perform live controller rotations and firmware patches, preserving continuous replication and encryption services. This approach guarantees full compliance with HIPAA retention policies and avoids revenue-impacting service outages.
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 Q8F85A |  Q8D65A |  Q8F11A |  Q8D12A |  Q8B42A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | NAS | SAN | NAS | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 8-bay | 12-bay | 16-bay | 12-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 256 TB | 512 TB | 256 TB | 512 TB | 1 PB |
| 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 | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 500W | 500W | 350W | 750W | 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 | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q8F85A Enterprise NAS | Q8D65A Enterprise Storage Array | Q8F11A Enterprise NAS Storage System | Q8D12A Enterprise Storage Appliance | Q8B42A Enterprise SAN Storage System |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.0 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 25.0 inches | 24 inches | 28 inches | 25 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 22 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 50 lbs | 75 lbs |
Spare controller restored full performance quickly.
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The HPE NS AF9000 Spare Controller (SKU: Q8F85A) is a field-replaceable, fully compatible controller module designed to maintain high availability and performance in HPE Nimble Storage All Flash 9000 arrays.
The NS AF9000 Spare Controller is compatible exclusively with all HPE Nimble Storage All Flash 9000 series arrays, ensuring seamless integration and redundancy.
Yes, the HPE NS AF9000 Spare Controller supports hot-swapping, allowing replacement without service interruption or data downtime in a redundant array configuration.
Key features include field-replaceable design, full compatibility with AF9000 series, hot-swap capability, advanced NVMe performance, and seamless firmware support.