Changing storage needs for server customers now requires greater levels of performance & functionality at a lower cost of ownership. The HPE MSA 2040 storage arrays raises the bar & uniquely addresses HPE Pro Liant customers' shared storage & data protection needs, reduces total cost of ownership while dramatically increasing performance using technologies such as SSDs, snap & volume copy & replication. The HPE 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 controller architecture with a good processor, four 8 Gb or 16 Gb FC ports with 4 GB cache per controller & using drive technologies such as SSDs.