HPE 870549-B21 SAS 12Gb/s PCI-Express Expander Card

The HPE 870549-B21 is a high-performance SAS 12Gb/s PCI-Express expander card that dramatically increases storage connectivity for enterprise servers. This card multiplies available SAS ports, enabling connection of up to 36 additional SAS/SATA drives while delivering blazing-fast 12Gb/s data transfer speeds – double that of previous 6Gb/s solutions. Key benefits include massive storage scalability for data-intensive applications, enterprise-grade reliability with HPE’s proven engineering, hot-swappable drive support for zero-downtime maintenance, and seamless integration with HPE ProLiant servers. The card’s advanced SAS 3.0 protocol ensures optimal performance for high-IOPS workloads, making it ideal for virtualization, databases, and storage-intensive environments requiring maximum capacity and throughput in a single, cost-effective expansion solution.