Entry consolidation & virtualization initiatives are now well in your budgetary reach. The HP MSA 1040 Storage offers many of the HP MSA 2040 features but at a substantially lower entry price points. HP Pro Liant & Blade Systems administrators as well as IT generalists will find storage management tasks simple & intuitive with MSA. The MSA 1040 arrays leverage a new 4th-generation controller architecture with a new processor, 2-host ports & 4GB cache per controller. Take advantage of the latest hard drives advances by choosing the form factor & technology which best meet your application & budget requirements. Unlike many competing arrays, the MSA 1040 ships standard with intuitive management tools & powerful data services such as Snapshots & Volume Copy for increased data protection. ...

Changing storage needs for server customers now requires greater levels of performance & functionality at a lower cost of ownership. The HP MSA 2040 storage array raises the bar & uniquely addresses HP Pro Liant customers shared storage & data protection needs, reduces TCO while dramatically increasing performance using technologies such as Solid State Drives, Snap & Volume copy & Replication. The HP MSA 2040 storage array is positioned to provide an excellent value for customers needing increasing performance to support initiatives such as consolidation & virtualization. ...

Changing storage needs for server customers now requires greater levels of performance & functionality at a lower cost of ownership. The next generation HP MSA 2040 Storage arrays raises the bar & uniquely addresses HP Pro Liant customers' shared storage & data protection needs, reduces TCO while dramatically increasing performance using technologies such as Solid State Drives, Snap & Volume copy, Replication & SEDs. The MSA 2040 Storage arrays are positioned to provide an excellent value for customers needing increasing performance to support initiatives such as consolidation & virtualization. The MSA 2040 delivers this performance by leveraging new controller architecture with a new processor, four ports with 4GB cache per controller & using drive technologies such as SSDs. The MSA 2040 Storage ships standard with 64 Snapshots & Volume Copy enabled for increased data protection & allow replication with optional Remote Snap software between arrays (FC or i SCSI only). ...

The HP Storage Works Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure MSA50 is a 1U Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) disk drive storage enclosure supporting Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS or Serial ATA (SATA) drives. This enclosure delivers industry-leading data performance, availability, storage density, & upgradeability to meet customers demanding & growing storage needs. The SFF drive carrier is designed to support the Universal form factor hard drive in either SAS or SATA. This new form factor provides optimized performance per U of space while delivering unparalleled power consumption. The MSA50 enclosure supports direct attach storage to HP Pro Liant Servers. The MSA50 supports the cascading of shelves in a 1+1 configuration to allow a maximum of 20 SFF drives in a 2U configuration attached to a single controller port. This single controller port incorporates four lanes for a total max throughput of 12 Gb/s for SAS. ...

The HP Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure MSA50 is a 1U Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) disk drive storage enclosure supporting Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS or Serial ATA (SATA) drives. This enclosure delivers industry-leading data performance, availability, storage density, & upgradeability to meet customers' demanding & growing storage needs. The all new SFF drive carrier is designed to support the new Universal form factor hard drive in either SAS, SAS MDL or SATA. This new form factor provides optimized performance per U of space while delivering unparalleled power consumption. The MSA50 enclosure supports direct attach storage to HP Pro Liant & Integrity Servers. The MSA50 supports the cascading of shelves in a 1+1 configuration to allow a maximum of 20 SFF drives in a 2U configuration attached to a single controller port. This single controller port incorporates four lanes for a total max throughput of 12 Gb/s for SAS. ...

The HP Storage Works 2000 Modular Smart Array family of SAN devices features the very latest in functionality & technology at affordable prices. Customers of the MSA2000 family are those needing to consolidate their storage including smaller companies with tight budgets & limited IT expertise, & larger companies with smaller departments or remote locations where an entry level Fiber Channel or i SCSI SAN is most appropriate. ...

The MSA2000sa series is a 2U direct attach, external shared storage solution designed for small to medium size deployments or remote locations. It comes in a basic single controller model for low initial cost. This solution offers a SAS host interface to accommodate twelve 3.5 inch enterprise class SAS drives & archival-class SATA drives. Additional capacity can easily be added when needed by attaching drive enclosures. The MSA2000sa series is a member of HP Storage Works Modular Smart Array offerings, delivering simple & affordable storage technology to meet todays demanding & growing IT needs. These storage solutions offer excellent price/performance & availability features for direct attach environments, small clusters, workgroups & entry-level SAN environments. Each solution is designed to be easy to deploy, secure, with low management costs, while driving rapid return on investment. ...

The HP Storage Works 2000sa Modular Smart Array (MSA2000sa) is a direct attach, external shared storage solution that helps customers easily transition from direct attached to centralized storage. The ideal customers needing to consolidate their storage include smaller companies with tight budgets & limited IT expertise, or larger companies with perhaps hundreds of smaller departments & remote locations. The MSA2000sa comes standard with twelve drive bays able to simultaneously accommodate 3.5-inch enterprise-class, dual-ported SAS drives & archival-class SATA drives. Additional capacity can easily be added by attaching up to three MSA2000 12-bay drive enclosures. Maximum raw capacity ranges from 5.4 TB SAS or 12 TB SATA in the base cabinet, to over 21.6 TB SAS or 48 TB SATA with the addition of the three drive enclosures. The MSA2000 family of arrays are cost efficient in that there are never additional hidden charges, licenses or fees as you add enclosures, hosts & users. ...

The HP Storage Works 2000i G2 Modular Smart Array selection of SAN devices features the very latest in efficient consolidation, functionality & technology at very affordable prices. The ideal customers needing to consolidate their storage include smaller companies with tight budgets & limited IT expertise, or larger companies that have perhaps hundreds of smaller departments & remote locations. The MSA2000i G2 features a 1 Gb Ethernet (1 Gb E) i SCSI connected array. It allows customers to grow their storage as demands increase up to 29.7TB SAS or 60TB SATA, supporting up to 32 hosts for i SCSI attach. ...

Manage your small & midrange business growing storage needs by deploying this low cost, flexible tiered storage system with up to 7.5TB SAS or 6.2TB SATA storage per enclosure. For small businesses, MSA70 is a stepping stone to simplify capacity expansion of HP Pro Liant or HP Integrity server environments to external storage without having to make the full move to SAN or NAS, allowing you to buy what is needed today & purchase additional capacity as data storage needs grow. MSA70 also supports attach to the MSA2324fc Array. Add a second I/O Module to transition from single domain to dual domain for higher levels of redundancy & reliability reducing or eliminating single points of failure within your storage network. On Pro Liant servers Dual Domain support is available for the SA P800 attached to a MSA70. On Integrity servers for HP-UX & OVMS environments the HP SC44 Ge HBA adds support for Multi-Initiator JBOD Clusters. ...