HPE D3610 Drive Enclosure - 12Gb/s SAS Host Interface - 2U Rack-mountable (q1j09b)

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Has your business exceeded your storage capacity? Manage your small and midrange business' growing storage needs by deploying the HPE D3000 Enclosures, the next generation 12 Gb SAS low-cost, high-capacity, tiered external storage system. The HPE D3000 Enclosures are ideal for your small application environments, remote offices and departmental locations. The 12 Gb SAS enclosures-Large Form Factor (LFF) D3600/D3610 with 12 drive bays and Small Form Factor (SFF) D3700/D3710 with 25 drive bays-offer flexible, modular solutions to simplify capacity expansion of HPE ProLiant server and HPE BladeSystem environments to external storage without having to make the full move to SAN or NAS. This allows you to buy what is needed today and purchase additional capacity as data storage needs grow. D3000 Enclosures support HPE SmartDrive Carriers. Buy and maintain a common set of HPE ProLiant drives for Gen8 and Gen9 ProLiant Servers. Total support can grow up to 96 LFF or 200 SFF drives.

What's new

• Introducing the Gen10 branded, HPE D3610 Enclosure and the HPE D3710 Enclosure that are standardizing on a new branding/industrial design aligning with HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers.

FeaturesAffordable Storage for Capacity Demand

HPE D3000 Enclosures 12 Gb SAS provides a higher level of redundancy and reliability, reducing single-points-of-failure within the storage network.

The modular platform provides investment protection by allowing purchases based on your current need and future plans without hidden management fees.

Increase your data speed with enterprise-class, dual-port SAS drives as need and budget dictate.

The D3610 and D3710 standardizing on a new Gen10 branding/industrial design to align with ProLiant Gen10 Servers.

Flexible and Scalable with Room to Expand

The HPE D3000 Enclosures give you the flexibility to mix and match SAS, SATA and Solid State drives in the same enclosure, and extend the benefit of tiered storage to your customers.

Designed to give you room to expand as your storage demands increase, the D3600 and the Gen10 branded D3610 LFF can swell to 96 drives. You can also add up to eight (8) D3600/D3610 large form factor (LFF) enclosures from a single controller port.

With the D3700 and the Gen10 branded D3710 SFF you can increase to 200 drives or up to eight (8) small form factor (SFF) enclosures from a single controller port.

Smart Array Controllers allow mixing D3600 or the D3610 and the D3700 or the D3710 enclosures for expansion, up to four (4) D3600/D3610 and four (4) D3700/D3710 (4xLFF and 4xSFF) allowing for expansion up to 148 drives.

Solid state drive support for up to 25 drives per Smart Array Controllers on all HPE D3000 models.

Easy to Manage

The HPE D3000 Enclosures support the HPE SmartDrive Carrier, enabling a single set of common drives for Gen8 and Gen9 ProLiant servers and D3000 Enclosures.

The HPE D3000 Enclosures uses familiar HPE ProLiant management tools including HPE Systems Insight Manager and the HPE Array Configuration Utility (ACU) software.

The HPE D3000 Enclosures are compatible with selected HPE Smart Array SAS Controllers and HBAs.

Little IT expertise is required to manage the enclosures.

HPE StoreVirtual VSA Software

HPE StoreVirtual VSA provides the power of virtualization to create a virtual array within your host server. Manage it as a single pool of shared storage capacity and scale it to match your evolving needs.

Microsoft Windows 2012 Storage Spaces support Gen9 ProLiant servers and H241 HBA.