Controller features, Basic features, Hp smartcache – HP Smart Array P830 Controller User Manual

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Specifications 9

Controller features

Basic features

This HP Smart Array controller has the following basic features:

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Supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 1 (ADM), 10 (ADM), 5, 50, 6, and 60

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Advanced Capacity Expansion

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Mirror splitting and recombining in offline mode

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Drive Erase

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Performance optimization for video on demand

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Capability for moving and deleting individual LUNs

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Split mirror backup and rollback of RAID 1, 10, 1 (ADM) and 10 (ADM) mirrors

•

Heal Array

For more information, see the HP Smart Storage Administrator User Guide on the HP website
(

http://www.hp.com/go/smartstorage/docs

).

HP SmartCache

HP SmartCache is an advanced feature that enables solid state drives to be used as caching devices for hard
drive media. Data can be accessed from the solid state drive instead of hard drives. HP SmartCache provides

the following features:

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Accelerates application performance

•

Provides lower latency for transactions in applications

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Supports all operating systems, without the need for changes

Use the HP SSA utility to configure support for HP SmartCache. This feature requires a license key.
For more information, see the HP Smart Storage Administrator User Guide on the HP website

(

http://www.hp.com/go/smartstorage/docs

).

HP SSD Smart Path

HP SSD Smart Path enables an optimized data path to high performance solid state drives. The optimized

path bypasses the controller’s RAID processing components and sends I/O directly to the drives. For more

information, see the HP website

(

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/software-management/smartpath/inde

x.html

).

For more information on enabling or disabling HP SSD Smart Path, see the HP Smart Storage Administrator

User Guide on the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/go/smartstorage/docs

).

HP Secure Encryption

HP Secure Encryption is a controller-based, enterprise-class data encryption solution that protects data at rest

on any bulk storage HDDs and SSDs attached to an HP Smart Array P830 Controller. The solution is

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