The hpe h221 host bus adapter hba provides customers with the flexibility and speed they have come to expect from hpe it features eight external sas ports that now support hpe sas tape drives as well as 6 gbs sas and sata hard drives with performance the h221 hba is designed to drive cost effective and reliable scalability in todays data centers 6 gbs sas asic provides greater performance for shared storage the hpe h221 hba now supports sas tape drives offered by hpe two external 4x sa