The introduction of the HP PCIe 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters brings datacenter infrastructure components to a higher level of performance and efficiency with the ability to deliver twice the I/O performance of 4 Gb FC HBAs. An 8 Gb Fibre Channel HBA purchased today is backward compatible with 4 and 2 Gb storage networks and will protect future investments. When using storage intensive applications, such as backup/restore, database transactions, virtualization, and rich media, the increased performance of the 8 Gb infrastructure enables more rapid storage and retrieval of critical information.
- The PCIe 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters deliver twice the I/O performance of 4Gb FC HBAs
- Ideal for the implementation of virtual servers with the power to drive multiple virtual machines.
- HP 8 Gb FC HBAs have unique features in support of ‘green’ server technology.
Data transfer rate |
8 Gbit/s |
Height |
76.2 mm |
Host interface |
PCIe |
Internal |
Yes |
Linux operating systems supported |
Yes |
Output interface |
SCSI |
Server operating systems supported |
Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 |
Weight |
680 g |
Width |
355.6 mm |
Specific References
- EAN13
- 0887111179418