HPE MSA 2050: A Storage Tool for Small and Medium Businesses

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In the digital economy era, data has become the core asset of every enterprise. Among them, data storage management is a crucial part. In the process of using data, many enterprises face many challenges because the storage infrastructure cannot meet the needs of business changes. For small and medium-sized enterprises whose businesses are starting and developing rapidly a vexing problem.

HPE MSA series storage is the product of choice for many enterprises. The latest generation of HPE MSA 2050 storage has been improved in architecture, adding hybrid flash configuration and richer enterprise-level software, with higher performance and flexibility. Cost-effective entry-level storage products, become the best choice for small and medium-sized storage.

Speed up your application at an affordable price

HPE MSA 2050 SAN storage adds hybrid flash configuration, designed for affordable application acceleration. This product allows enterprises to obtain more resources and higher value at an affordable price to support faster business operations with the response.

HPE MSA 2050 storage with faster processor and larger memory, random read I0PS can reach 200,000+, random write IOPS can reach 100,000+, can support FC or iSCSI aggregated SAN controller, 12Gb SAS controller, The deployment is more flexible, and the overall performance is 2 times higher than the previous generation storage products, which greatly saves costs for enterprises.

Easy to use, easy to install, use and maintain

HPE MSA 2050 storage is a good continuation of the characteristics of HPE MSA family products. It is easy to use and easy to manage. It does not require specialized storage knowledge and experience. It can be quickly started with zero foundation for operation and management; automatic tiering will dynamically respond to workloads changes, greatly reducing the workload for you.

Keep your business running with expanded data protection capabilities

HPE MSA 2050 storage provides a new virtualized snapshot technology for data protection and instant recovery, and remote replication via Fibre Channel (FC) and iSCSI to create an affordable disaster recovery solution that supports business applications running smoothly.

Flexibility to expand now and in the future

Although HPE MSA 2050 storage is an entry-level product, its high performance basically meets the data storage needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. This product supports data-in-place upgrades to protect drive investments and reduce data migration; start small and scale as needed with any combination of solid-state, enterprise, or midrange SAS hard drives

Name HPE MSA 2050 Storage
Drive Description Up to 192 SFF SSD/SAS/MDL SAS or 96 LFF SSD/SAS/MDL SAS, including base array and expansion, depending on model
Maximum Drive Type 10TB 12G 7.2K LFF Dual Port MDL SAS HDD

1.8TB 12G 10K SFF Dual Port SAS HDD HDD

2TB 12G 7.2K SFF Dual Port MDL SAS HDD

3.2TB SFF SSD

Maximum Raw Capacity 614TB SFF/960TB

Including extensions, depending on model

Storage Expansion Options HPE MSA 2050LFF Disk Enclosure

HPE MSA 2050SFF Disk Enclosure

HPE MSA 2050 SAS DC Power Carrier SFF Disk Enclosure

Host Interface Options 8 Gb/16Gb FC 8 ports/system or

1GbE/10GbEiSCSI 8 ports/system

Storage Controller Each system contains 2 controllers
SAN Backup Support
RAID Level 1,5,6,10
HPE Systems Insight Manager Support
Compatible OS Microsoft® Windows Server® 2016

Microsoft Windows Server 2012

VMware®

HP-UX Red Hat®

Enterprise Linux®

SUSE Linux

Cluster Support Windows®, Linux, HP-UX
Form Factor 2U base array, 2U LFF or SFF disk enclosure

Small and medium-sized enterprises have very limited funds, but their business is developing rapidly. The IT support platform needs to meet the development needs of the next 3-5 years, and business strategies will be adjusted at any time according to market changes. Moreover, small and medium-sized enterprises have limited manpower, lack professional technical personnel, and also need to ensure business continuity. Therefore, for enterprises, whether the storage device is easy to use, easy to manage, whether it has sufficient scalability and high cost performance is the choice. Factors to consider when storing.

HPE MSA 2050 storage meets the individual needs of small and medium-sized enterprises in all aspects, and further reduces the total cost of ownership while meeting business development needs. All advantages combine to make it the best entry level for small and medium-sized enterprises. storage device.

Recommended HPE MAS 2050 Storage Products

Table 1. MSA 2050 – Base Configurations

MSA 2050 Base System (AC Powered)
HPE MSA 2050 SAN Dual Controller LFF Q1J00A
HPE MSA 2050 SAN Dual Controller SFF Storage1,3,4 Q1J01A
MSA 2050 Base System (DC Powered)
HPE MSA 2050 SAN NEBS Certified DC Power SFF Storage2,3,4 Q1J02A
HPE MSA 2050 SAN DC-Power LFF Storage2,3,4 Q1J03A

Table 2. Choose Your SFP+ Module

SFP+ Module HPE MSA 8Gb Short Wave Fibre Channel SFP+ 4-pack Transceiver (Includes four x 8Gb SW FC SFPs) C8R23B
HPE MSA 16Gb Short Wave Fibre Channel SFP+ 4-pack Transceiver (Includes four x 16Gb SW FC SFPs) C8R24B
HPE MSA 10Gb Short Range iSCSI SFP+ 4-pack Transceiver (Includes four x 10Gb SW iSCSI SFPs) C8R25B
HPE MSA 1Gb RJ-45 iSCSI SFP+ 4-pack Transceiver (Includes four x 1Gb RJ-45 iSCSI SFPs) C8S75B

Table 3. MSA HDDs and SSDs drives

SFF SSDs
12G SFF SAS SSDs (Mixed Use)
HPE MSA 400GB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive N9X95A
HPE MSA 800GB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive N9X96A
HPE MSA 1.6TB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive N9X91A
HPE MSA 3.2TB 12G SAS Mixed Use SFF (2.5in) 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive N9X92A
SFF HDDs
12G SFF 15K SAS HDDs
HP MSA 300GB 12G SAS 15K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F40A
HP MSA 600GB 12G SAS 15K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F42A
HPE MSA 900GB 12G SAS 15K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive Q1H47A
12G SFF 10K SAS HDDs
HP MSA 300GB 12G SAS 10K SFF(2.5in) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F44A
HP MSA 600GB 12G SAS 10K SFF(2.5in) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F46A
HP MSA 1.2TB 12G SAS 10K SFF(2.5in) Dual Port Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F48A
HP MSA 1.8TB 12G SAS 10K SFF (2.5in) 512e Enterprise 3yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F49A
12G SFF 7.2K SAS MDL HDDs
HP MSA 1TB 12G SAS 7.2K SFF (2.5in) 512e Midline 1yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F50A
HP MSA 2TB 12G SAS 7.2K SFF (2.5in) 512e Midline 1yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F51A
LFF SSDs
12G LFF SAS SSDs (Mixed Use)
HPE MSA 400GB 12G SAS Mixed Use LFF (3.5in) Converter Carrier 3yr Warranty Solid State Drive P9M79A
HPE MSA 800GB 12G SAS Mixed Use LFF (3.5in) Converter Carrier 3yr Warranty Solid State Driv P9M80A
LFF HDDs
12G LFF 7.2K SAS Midline Drives
HPE MSA 2TB 12G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5in) 512n Midline 1 yr Warranty Hard Drive N9X93A
HPE MSA 4TB 12G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5in) 512e Midline 1yr Warranty Hard Drive K2Q82A
HPE MSA 6TB 12G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5in) 512e Midline 1yr Warranty Hard Drive J9F43A
HPE MSA 8TB 12G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5in) 512e Midline 1yr Warranty Hard Drive M0S90A
HPE MSA 10TB 12G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5in) Midline 512e 1yr Warranty Hard Drive P9M82A
SFF SEDs
MSA Small Form Factor (SFF) SAS DP Self-Encrypted Drives
HPE MSA 1.2TB 12G SAS 10K SFF (2.5in) Enterprise Self Encrypted 3yr Warranty Hard Drive P9M81A
LFF SED
MSA Large Form Factor (LFF) SAS DP Self-Encrypted Drives
HPE MSA 4TB 12G SAS 7.2K LFF (3.5in) Enterprise Self Encrypted 3yr Warranty Hard Drive Q1H48A

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