The HP Smart Array P800 is HP's first 16 port serial attached SCSI (SAS) RAID controller PCI-Express (PCIe). It is the highest performing controller in the SAS portfolio and provides new levels of reliability for HP servers, through its support of the latest SCSI technology and advanced RAID capabilities. This controller ships standard with RAID 6 (ADG) and supports over 100 hard drives. The P800 is shipping with Windows support at initial launch and will support Linux by January 2007.

Performance

• 16 total ports of 3G Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)


Management

• Online Drive Flash


Options

• Supports SAS and SATA disk drives


Reliable

• Standard RAID 0,1, 1 0, 5, 6