The introduction of the HP 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. - The PCIe 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters deliver twice the I/O performance of 4Gb FC HBAs - Ideal for the implementation of virtual servers with the power to drive multiple virtual machines. - HP 8 Gb FC HBAs have unique features in support of ‘green’ server technology. Design: - Internal: Yes Other features: - Data transfer rate: 8 Ports & interfaces: - Connector(s): 2 - Host interface: PCIe - Output interface: Fiber System requirements: - Linux operating systems supported: Yes - Server operating systems supported: Windows Server 2003/Windows Server 2008 Vendor information: - Brand Name: Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Warranty: 1 - Product.Details.Specifications.Level1: Server, Computer & Printer Parts - Product.Details.Specifications.Level2: Servers & Computers - Product.Details.Specifications.Level3: System Components - Product.Details.Specifications.Level4: Interface Cards/Adapters