Controller features, Basic features, Hp smartcache – HP Smart Array P431 Controller User Manual
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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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Dual domain
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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
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Heal Array
For more information, see the HP Smart Storage Administrator User Guide on the HP website
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
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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
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
For more information on enabling or disabling HP SSD Smart Path, see the HP Smart Storage Administrator
User Guide on the HP website