HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array

HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array

Brand: HPE | Category: Storage Systems

SKU: HPE-R4S40A | Part #: R4S40A | MPN: R4S40A

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About the HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array

The HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array is a mission-critical, 100% NVMe storage platform engineered for Tier-0 and Tier-1 enterprise workloads demanding the highest levels of performance, resilience, and availability. Built on an active-active controller architecture derived from HPE Primera, the Alletra 9000 delivers six nines (99.9999%) availability backed by HPE's guaranteed uptime commitment, ensuring continuous operations for the most demanding business-critical applications. The system leverages NVMe flash across all tiers, eliminating SAS and SATA bottlenecks to provide consistent low-latency I/O at scale.

The array incorporates HPE's ASIC-accelerated data services, including always-on inline deduplication and compression, thin provisioning, and synchronous replication, all without performance penalty. Its Peer Persistence feature enables transparent failover across geographically separated arrays, supporting zero-RPO and near-zero-RTO disaster recovery configurations for workloads that cannot tolerate interruption. Storage-class integration with VMware vVols, Microsoft, and container environments is native, enabling infrastructure teams to deliver storage as a service to application owners through automated provisioning workflows.

The HPE Alletra 9000 is managed through HPE's cloud-native InfoSight predictive analytics platform and the HPE GreenLake cloud services framework, providing AI-driven health monitoring, capacity forecasting, and cross-stack telemetry. The platform supports non-disruptive upgrades of controllers, software, and drives, protecting infrastructure investments over extended deployment lifetimes. It is purpose-built for environments where storage downtime, latency spikes, or data loss are operationally unacceptable, including financial transaction processing, large-scale database operations, and healthcare clinical systems.

Ideal for

  • Online transaction processing (OLTP) databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server requiring sub-millisecond latency and consistent throughput under mixed read/write workloads
  • SAP HANA and large in-memory analytics platforms needing guaranteed I/O performance and synchronous replication to a secondary site for disaster recovery compliance
  • Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) deployments at scale where boot storms and random I/O density demand high IOPS with predictable response times
  • Healthcare electronic medical record (EMR) systems and PACS imaging archives requiring continuous availability, data integrity, and regulatory-compliant snapshot retention
  • Financial services trading platforms and clearing systems where storage latency variability directly impacts transaction throughput and regulatory SLA adherence
  • Kubernetes and container-persistent-volume environments requiring dynamic, automated storage provisioning with enterprise data services including replication and snapshots

Technical specifications

ManufacturerHPE
Manufacturer Part NumberR4S40A
Product LineHPE Alletra 9000
Form Factor2U controller enclosure
Controller ArchitectureActive-active dual-controller, ASIC-accelerated
Storage Protocol SupportFibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, NVMe/FC
Drive Technology100% NVMe (All-Flash NVMe)
Availability Rating99.9999% (six nines) guaranteed
ReplicationSynchronous replication; HPE Peer Persistence for transparent failover
Data ServicesInline deduplication, inline compression, thin provisioning, snapshots, clones
Software PlatformHPE Alletra OS (Primera OS lineage)
ManagementHPE InfoSight AI-driven cloud management; HPE GreenLake integration
Host ConnectivityFibre Channel (16Gb/32Gb), 10GbE/25GbE iSCSI
VMware IntegrationvVols native support; VAAI; vCenter plugin
Operating System CompatibilityWindows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, VMware vSphere, Oracle Linux
Non-Disruptive OperationsNon-disruptive controller upgrades, drive upgrades, and software updates
Recovery Point Objective (RPO)Zero RPO with synchronous replication and Peer Persistence
Regulatory / StandardsFIPS 140-2 encryption at rest supported; Common Criteria evaluated platform

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Technical Specifications

BrandHPE
CategoryStorage Systems
SKUHPE-R4S40A
Part NumberR4S40A
ConditionNew
Manufacturer Part NumberR4S40A
Product LineHPE Alletra 9000
Form Factor2U controller enclosure
Controller ArchitectureActive-active dual-controller, ASIC-accelerated
Storage Protocol SupportFibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, NVMe/FC
Drive Technology100% NVMe (All-Flash NVMe)
Availability Rating99.9999% (six nines) guaranteed
ReplicationSynchronous replication; HPE Peer Persistence for transparent failover
Data ServicesInline deduplication, inline compression, thin provisioning, snapshots, clones
Software PlatformHPE Alletra OS (Primera OS lineage)
ManagementHPE InfoSight AI-driven cloud management; HPE GreenLake integration
Host ConnectivityFibre Channel (16Gb/32Gb), 10GbE/25GbE iSCSI
VMware IntegrationvVols native support; VAAI; vCenter plugin
Operating System CompatibilityWindows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux, VMware vSphere, Oracle Linux
Non-Disruptive OperationsNon-disruptive controller upgrades, drive upgrades, and software updates
Recovery Point Objective (RPO)Zero RPO with synchronous replication and Peer Persistence
Regulatory / StandardsFIPS 140-2 encryption at rest supported; Common Criteria evaluated platform

Frequently Asked Questions about HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array

What does the HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array do?

the HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array suits enterprise data-center storage tiers — all-flash arrays, hyperconverged storage pools (vSAN, Ceph), database backends, and high-throughput backup repositories. It is supported by major server platforms.

What are the headline specs of the HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array?

Key specifications for the HPE Alletra 9000 All-NVMe Array: new condition; manufacturer HPE; manufacturer part number R4S40A; product line HPE Alletra 9000; form factor 2U controller enclosure; controller architecture Active-active dual-controller, ASIC-accelerated; storage protocol support Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, NVMe/FC. Manufacturer part number R4S40A. For the full datasheet with electrical, environmental, and compliance details, contact our pre-sales engineering team.