HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators for ProLiant Servers
Overview
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HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators for ProLiant Servers
Could your data center benefit from PCIe workload acceleration based on NAND Flash solid-state storage technology?
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performance with low latency and enterprise reliability.
HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators for ProLiant Servers
Standard Features
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Compatibility
NOTE: Please see the PCIe Workload Accelerator Datasheet for compatibility and OS support
What is a PCIe
Workload
Accelerator?
The HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators are PCIe card-based, advanced storage devices that use solid state
storage technology directly on the PCI bus, assuring high read and write data rates and accelerated application
performance. The associated application performance improvements will have a positive impact on business
results and the ability to accelerate IO
resulting in significant cost and time savings.
Single Level Cell
and Multilevel Cell
NAND technology uses flash memory cells to store data. Single level Cell (SLC) stores one bit per cell, while
Multi
endurance characteristics than SLC.
IO and Read/Write
Performance
HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators offer superior IO and high throughput.
Latency
HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators offer very low latency access to data with virtually zero seek time compared
to rotating magnetic media.
RAM
Requirements
The amount of free RAM required by the driver depends on the size of the blocks used when writing to the
drive. The smaller the blocks
AverageBlock Size (bytes)
System RAM usage (Megabytes) per 100GB of storage
for Driver version 2.x and 3.x
8,192
280MB
4,096 (most common)
530MB
2,048
1030MB
1,024
2,000MB
512
3,970MB
Manageability
Command Line (CLI) tools for both Linux and Windows to configure, monitor, and upgrade firmware.
RealSSD Manager GUI for Windows and Linux.
The controller for the HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators can be upgraded in the future with new firmware.
Online firmware update tools are available for all supported operating systems.
Wear-leveling
NAND Flash devices use semiconductor technology that has a finite amount of data that can be written to the
device, defined as the Maximum Usage Limit. Projected lifetime of the NAN
with type of NAND and amount of writes to the device.
NOTE: Subject to Maximum Usage Limit - This is the maximum amount of data that can be written to the
device before write burn
entire drive capacity per day over a five year period.
Data Integrity
Using advanced ECC techniques, the HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators can correct up to 16 bits out of every
1024 bytes, with a design target of 1 sector in 10 to the 17th Power bits read probability of uncorrectable
data.
Product Category
HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators
PCIe Add-In
PCIe Add-In
PCIe Add-In or Mezzanine
• Best Latency
• Best Latency
>1 and <10 DWPD
• Best Latency
<=1 DWPD
Write Intensive
Mixed Use
Read Intensive
Configurations
Mixing of capacities is allowed, OS RAID
Warranty
3/0/0 warranty; Customer Self Repair (CSR) Subject to maximum usage limitations (Please see note under
Additional Services Information).
-out. Drive writes per day (DWPD) is the maximum number of 4K host writes to the
Workloads Requiring Best Latency and Write
Performance Including:
Database, Business Intelligence, OLTP, VDI, etc.
• High Write Performance
• Endurance
>=10 DWPD
• Balanced R/W
Performance
• Endurance
Workloads Requiring Best Latency and Read
Performance Including:
Web Scale, Cloud Environments, Database, OLTP,
Web Servers, etc.
• Focused on Read
Performance
• Endurance
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HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators for ProLiant Servers
Service and Support
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Service and Support
HPE Technology Services
HPE Technology Services delivers confidence, reduces risk and helps customers realize agility and stability
powered by a rich portfolio of consulting and support services designed to add value to our core products and
solutions
support technology lets you to tap into the knowledge of millions of devices and thousands of experts to stay
informed and in control, anywhere, any time.
Protect your business beyond war
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designed to meet your IT and business needs.
Recommended
Service
Recommended HPE Support Services for optimal satisfaction with your HPE product
Foundation Care 24x7, three
HPE Foundation Care 24x7 connects you to
for assistance on resolving issues. Hardware onsite response within four
software included in this Support service provides troubleshooting assistance on industry leading software
running on your HPE server. Simplify your support experience and make
first call for
HPE Installation of ProLiant Add On Options Service
This easy
installed smoothly, efficiently, and with minimal disruption of your IT and business operations.
HPE Support Center
Personalized online support portal with access to information, tools and experts to support HPE business
products. Submit support cases online, chat with
resources or collaborate with peers. Learn more
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support. Now, you can get access to personalized IT support anywhere, any
HPE
Packard Enterprise
agreement.
NOTE:
Parts and materials
Hewlett Packard Enterprise will provide HPE-supported replacement parts and materials necessary to
maintain the covered hardware product in operating condition, including parts and materials for avai
recommended engineering improvements.
Parts and components that have reached their maximum supported lifetime and/or the maximum usage
limitations as set forth in the manufacturer's operating manual, product quick
data sheet will not be provided, repaired, or replaced as part of these services.
The defective media retention service feature option applies only to Disk or eligible SSD/Flash Drives replaced
by
For more
information
The PCIe Workload Accelerators require the purchase of support services separate from the server’s in order
to receive support services beyond warranty.
please visit http://www.hpe.com/info/cpc
Connect to Hewlett Packard Enterprise to help prevent problems and solve issues faster. Our
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Support Services offer complete care and support expertise with committed response choices that are
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise experts, access support
http://www.hpe.com/info/hpesc
's Support Center Mobile App allows you to resolve issues yourself or quickly connect to an agent for live
time.
Insight Remote Support and HPE Support Center are available at no additional cost with a Hewlett
warranty, HPE Support Service or Hewlett Packard Enterprise contractual support
HPE Support Center Mobile App is subject to local availability
-specs, or the technical product
Hewlett Packard Enterprise due to malfunction.
For a list of PCIe Workload Accelerator support service packs,
lable and
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HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators for ProLiant Servers
Technical Specifications
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HPE Mezzanine PCIe Workload Accelerators
Read Intensive (RI) PCIe Workload Accelerators
HPE 1.6TB Read
Usable Capacity
1.6 TB
Technology
NAND Flash
Max Sequential
Reads 2,400 MiB/s,
Writes 1,500 MiB/s
Access Latency
Reads 117 microseconds
Writes 27 microseconds
IOPS (4KiB,Q16)
Read 83,000 IOPS
Write 83,000 IOPS
Max Random IOPS
Read 190,000 IOPS @ Q64
Write 83,000 IOPS @ Q16
Form factor
Mezz
Bus Interface
-
Power (Nominal)
25W
HPE 1.2TB Read
Usable Capacity
1.2 TB
Technology
NAND Flash
Max Sequential
Reads 2,200 MiB/s
Writes 1,300 MiB/s
Access Latency
Reads 115 microseconds,
Writes 28 microseconds
IOPS (4KiB,Q16)
Read 81,000 IOPS
83,000 Write IOPS
Max Random IOPS
Read 165,000 IOPS @ Q64
Write 83,000 IOPS @ Q16
Form factor
Mezz
Bus Interface
-
Power (Nominal)
25W
HPE NVMe PCIe Workload Accelerators
Mixed Use (MU) PCIe Workload Accelerators
HPE 2.0TB NVMe
Usable Capacity
2.0 TB
Technology
NAND Flash
Max Sequential
Reads 2,575 MiB/s
Writes 1,625 MiB/s
Access Latency
Reads 95 microseconds
NOTE: Mezz form factor for compatibility only to ProLiant Blades. Random Performance is based on a 4KiB transfer size at a
queue of 16 and max performance is shown at various queue depths.
Intensive Mezzanine
PCIe Workload
Accelerator for
BladeSystem c-Class
794605-B21
Throughput
(4KiB,Q1)
(4KiB)
Intensive Mezzanine
PCIe Workload
Accelerator for
BladeSystem c-Class
Throughput
794603-B21
(4KiB,Q1)
(4KiB)
NOTE: Random Performance is based on a 4KiB transfer size at a queue of 16 and max performance is shown at various queue
depths. Please note that the NVMe accelerators ship with both full height and half height brackets included in the box.
Mixed Use HH/HL
PCIe Workload
Accelerator
803204-B21
Throughput
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oLiant Servers
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(4KiB,Q1)
Writes 21 microseconds
IOPS (4KiB,Q16)
Read 150,000 IOPS,
Write 64,000 IOPS
Max Random IOPS
Read 465,000 IOPS @ Q128
Write 64,000 IOPS @ Q4
Form factor
Half Height/Half length
Bus Interface
PCIe Gen3 x4
Power (Nominal)
25W
HPE 1.6TB NVMe
Usable Capacity
1.6 TB
Technology
NAND Flash
Max Sequential
Reads 2,500 MiB/s
Writes 1,400 MiB/s
Access Latency
Reads 95 microseconds
Writes 21 microseconds
IOPS (4KiB,Q16)
Read 135,000 IOPS
Write 66,000 IOPS
Max Random IOPS
Read 465,000 IOPS @ Q128
Write 66,000 IOPS @ Q4
Form factor
Half Height/Half length
Bus Interface
PCIe Gen3 x4
Power
25W
HPE 800GB NVMe
Usable Capacity
800 GB
Technology
NAND Flash
Max Sequential
Reads 2,450 MiB/s
Writes 880 MiB/s
Access Latency
Reads 100 microseconds
Writes 22 microseconds
IOPS (4KiB,Q16)
Read 140,000 IOPS
Write 54,000 IOPS
Max Random IOPS
Read 450,000 IOPS @ Q128
Write 54,000 IOPS @ Q4
Form factor
Half Height/Half length
Bus Interface
PCIe Gen3 x4
Power (Nominal)
25W
Write Intensive (WI) PCIe Workload Accelerators
HPE 1.6TB NVMe
Usable Capacity
1.6 TB
Technology
NAND Flash
Max Sequential
Reads 2,600 MiB/s
(4KiB)
Mixed Use HH/HL
PCIe Workload
Accelerator
803202-B21
Mixed Use HH/HL
PCIe Workload
Accelerator
803200-B21
Throughput
(4KiB,Q1)
(4KiB)
(Nominal)
Throughput
(4KiB,Q1)
(4KiB)
NOTE: Random Performance is based on a 4KiB transfer size at a queue of 16 and max performance is shown at various queue
draw up to 30W power under peak workloads if power limiting is off. If power
limiting is enabled on the 1.4TB drive, the maximum power consumed will be less
than 25W.
Operating
Temperature
0-50°C (Operational)/-40-55°C (non-operational)/at max TBW -40C-+40C (nonoperational)
0-50°C (Operational)/-40-55°C (non-operational)/at max TBW -40C - +40C (nonoperational)
Supported Driver
SP134 or later
Environment-
End-of-life
Hewlett Packard Enterprise offers end-of-life HPE product return, trade-in, and
recycling programs in many geographic areas. For trade
to:
http://www.hpe.com/info/recycle
Enterprise sales office. Products returned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise will be
recycled, recovered or disposed of
(2002/95/EC) requires manufacturers to provide treatment information for each
product type for use by treatment facilities. This information (product disassembly
instructions) is posted on the Hewlett Packard
http://www.hpe.com/info/recycle
and other WEEE treatment facilities as well as Hewlett Packard Enterprise OEM
customers who integrate and re-sell HPE equipment.
Version
Endurance (HE)
PCIe Workload
Accelerator
708088-B21
friendly Products
and Approach
Throughput
(4KiB,Q1)
(4KiB)
Version
Management and
Recycling
-in information, please go
http://www.hpe.com/info/recycle. To recycle your product, please go to:
or contact your nearest Hewlett Packard
in a responsible manner. The EU WEEE directive
Enterprise web site at:
. These instructions may be used by recyclers
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HPE PCIe Workload Accelerators for ProLiant Servers
Summary of Changes
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Date
Version History
Action
Description of Change
14-Aug-2017
From Version 9 to 10
Changed
Service and Support section was updated.
Removed
Obsolete SKUs were deleted:
794605-B21, 775668-B21, 775666-B21.
07-Aug-2017
From Version 8 to 9
Changed
Technical Specifications section was updated.
Removed
Obsolete SKUs were deleted:
708090-B21, 708088-B21.
01-Dec-2015
From Version 7 to 8
Changed
Overview, standard features, Service and Support, and Technical
Added
SKUs added in Overview section: 831739-B21, 831737-B21, 831735B21, 831733-B21.
12-Jun-2015
From Version 6 to 7
Changed
Information in Technical Specifications updated.
30-Mar-2015
From Version 5 to 6
Changed
Changes made throughout the QuickSpecs
6-Feb-2015
From Version 4 to 5
Changed
Standard Features section was updated.
10-Jun-2014
From Version 3 to 4
Changed
Changes made throughout the QuickSpecs.
30-Sep-2013
From Version 2 to 3
Added
Mainstream Endurance (ME) PCIe Workload Accelerators were added