Affordable 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 HPE D3610 and HPE D3710 standardizing on 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 HPE D3600 and the Gen10 branded HPE D3610 LFF can swell to 96 drives. You can also add up to eight HPE D3600 or HPE D3610 LFF enclosures from a single controller port. With the HPE D3700 and the Gen10 branded HPE D3710 SFF you can increase to 200 drives or up to eight 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 D3600 or D3610 and four D3700 or D3710 (4x LFF and 4x SFF) 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, Gen9 and Gen10 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. Software-Defined Storage Microsoft Windows 2012 Storage Spaces support Gen9 ProLiant servers and H241 HBA.