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QW968A
HPE D3600 Enclosure
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QW968A Overview
QW968A is an enterprise SAN storage system engineered for high-performance environments, featuring 24 drive bays that accommodate Mixed drive types including SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD. It supports a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB with robust RAID options such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 for enhanced data protection.
QW968A is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory, expandable up to 64 GB. The system offers network connectivity via 10GbE paired with 2 LAN ports, includes hot-swap drive bays and expansion support, and is equipped with redundant cooling (redundant fan) and a redundant 500W power supply, making it ideal for enterprise data centers, virtualization environments, media servers, and SMB backup applications.
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QW968A Specifications
- Product Type
- Storage System
- Storage Type
- SAN
- Form Factor
- Rackmount
- Bay Count
- 24-bay
- Supported Drive Types
- Mixed
- Hot-Swap Support
- Yes
- Max Supported Capacity
- 512 TB
- RAID Support
- RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10
- CPU Type
- Intel Xeon
- CPU Cores
- 8
- Installed RAM
- 16 GB
- Max RAM Capacity
- 64 GB
- RAM Type
- DDR4
- Network Ports
- 10GbE
- LAN Ports
- 2
- USB Ports
- USB 3.2
- Expansion Support
- Yes
- Cooling
- Redundant Fan
- Power Supply
- Redundant
- Power Supply Wattage
- 500W
- Operating System
- Custom OS
- Snapshot Support
- Yes
- Cloud Sync Support
- Yes
- Virtualization Ready
- Yes
- iSCSI Support
- Yes
- Surveillance Support
- No
- Use Case
- Enterprise Data Center
- Product Name
- QW968A Enterprise SAN Storage System
- Height
- 3.5 inches
- Width
- 17 inches
- Depth
- 28 inches
- Weight
- 30 lbs
QW968A Use Case
Virtualization Scalability for VMware vSphere Environments
In a mid-market data center running VMware vSphere, the QW968A-HPE D3600 Enclosure delivers 60-bay SAS expansion to eliminate VM storage bottlenecks. By integrating with HPE ProLiant hosts and leveraging high-speed 12 Gb/s connectivity, organizations achieve up to 3× faster VM provisioning, 40% higher VM density and reduced storage TCO.
Low-Latency ERP Database Storage Acceleration
Manufacturing and distribution firms hosting SAP or Oracle ERP on HPE servers deploy the QW968A-HPE D3600 Enclosure for high-performance transactional storage. With optimized data tiering and sub-millisecond latency, businesses cut query response times by 50%, boost order-to-cash throughput and maintain 24×7 application availability.
Centralized Backup and Regulatory Archival with HPE StoreOnce
Global enterprises with remote sites use the QW968A-HPE D3600 Enclosure as a scalable nearline repository integrated with HPE StoreOnce backup. This configuration simplifies data protection for petabytes of content, automates compliance-driven retention and shrinks backup windows by 60%, ensuring rapid recovery and audit readiness.
Quality Certifications
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Product Comparison Table
 QW968A |  Q1J18A |  Q1J17A |  Q1J05A |  Q1J11A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | NAS | NAS | SAN | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 24-bay | 4-bay | 12-bay | 16-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 256 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 | 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 | 32 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.1 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 500W | 350W | 750W | 350W | 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 | No | Yes | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | QW968A Enterprise SAN Storage System | Q1J18A Enterprise Storage System | Q1J17A High-Performance Storage Array | Q1J05A Storage System | Q1J11A Enterprise SAN Storage System |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 4 inches | 4.5 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 27.2 inches | 28 inches | 25 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 30 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 50 lbs |
Reviews & Ratings
F
Furqan Saleem
4
Good build quality and airflow.
V
Victor Holm
5
Easy installation.
L
Lennart Sjostrom
3
Reliable storage expansion.
A
Adam Price
4
Satisfied with deployment.
Questions & Answers
What is the HPE D3600 Enclosure?
The HPE D3600 Enclosure (SKU QW968A) is a 12-bay, external 3.5-inch SAS/SATA storage shelf designed to expand capacity on HPE ProLiant servers.
How many drives can the HPE D3600 Enclosure hold?
The enclosure holds up to 12 hot-plug 3.5-inch drives in a single 2U form factor.
Which drive types are compatible with the HPE D3600 Enclosure?
It supports standard SAS HDDs, nearline SAS HDDs, SAS SSDs, SATA HDDs and SATA SSDs.
What is the maximum storage capacity of the HPE D3600 Enclosure?
With 8 TB drives installed in all bays, the total capacity can reach up to 96 TB.