HP K2Q90AR 6Gb/s SAS,8Gb/s 4GB Fibre Channel Controller
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- Interface 2: Fibre Channel (FC)
- Target Use: Server connectivity, Storage Area Networks (SAN)
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Key specifications
See full specs ↓- Controller Type
- SAS/Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
- SAS Speed
- 6Gb/s
- Fibre Channel Speed
- 8Gb/s
- Cache
- 4GB
- Interface
- PCIe
- Part Number
- K2Q90AR
Product details
The HP K2Q90AR is a 6Gb/s SAS, 8Gb/s 4GB Fibre Channel Controller. This adapter card provides high-speed connectivity for servers and storage systems, enabling efficient data transfer over SAS and Fibre Channel interfaces.
Specifications
- Controller Type
- SAS/Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
- SAS Speed
- 6Gb/s
- Fibre Channel Speed
- 8Gb/s
- Cache
- 4GB
- Interface
- PCIe
- Part Number
- K2Q90AR
Description
The HP K2Q90AR is a high-performance Host Bus Adapter (HBA) designed to provide robust connectivity for servers and storage systems. This controller card features dual interfaces: one supporting 6Gb/s SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and the other supporting 8Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC). SAS is a standard interface for connecting storage devices like hard drives and SSDs to servers, offering high throughput and reliability. Fibre Channel is a high-speed networking technology primarily used for Storage Area Networks (SANs), enabling efficient and low-latency access to shared storage resources. With a substantial 4GB of onboard cache memory, this controller is optimized to handle demanding I/O operations, improving overall system performance by buffering data and reducing latency. The combination of SAS and Fibre Channel interfaces on a single card provides significant flexibility, allowing it to connect to both direct-attached storage (DAS) and SAN environments. This makes it a versatile solution for enterprise servers, storage arrays, and other data-intensive applications. The controller utilizes a PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) interface, ensuring high bandwidth communication with the host system's motherboard. The HP K2Q90AR is engineered for reliability and performance, making it a critical component for environments requiring fast, dependable access to storage, such as database servers, virtualization hosts, and high-performance computing clusters.
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