StorageWorks 81Q Pci-e FC HBA

Introduction

The introduction of the HP StorageWorks 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. Finally, PCIe 8Gb FC Host Bus Adapters provide a number of features that work together to reduce power consumption, thus delivering a "green" benefit within the server.

Ports & interfaces

Connectivity technology

Wired

Host interface

PCI Express

Interface

Fiber

Network

Maximum data transfer rate

8000 Mbit/s

Design

Internal

Y

System requirements

Compatible operating systems

Windows 2003 Windows Server 2008 VMware Red Hat Linux SUSE Linux SUN Solaris

Weight & dimensions

Weight

910 g

Other features

Data transfer rate

8 Gbit/s