HP 2000 Modular Smart Array Snapshot 8 Software LTU T5513A Prospecto

Is your growing organization constrained by tight 
budgets and limited IT expertise? Alternatively, does 
a large organization like yours find it hard to manage 
smaller departments as well as those that are located 
remotely? The HP StorageWorks 2000 G2 Modular 
Smart Array (MSA2000 G2) family of SAN devices, 
with its very latest functionality and technology at 
affordable prices, offers flexible solutions to meet your 
diverse business needs. Hence upon identifying your 
unique business demands, you can choose from three 
host interfaces that HP offers—the SAS MSA2000sa 
G2, the Fibre Channel MSA2000fc G2, and the 
iSCSI MSA2000i G2. All models support optional 
controller‑based snapshot/clone functionality to give 
you a highly secure solution for your IT requirements.

MSA2000 G2 family key features 

and benefits

Leverage the benefits of the MSA2000 G2 family to 
your advantage to improve your IT infrastructure:

Flexible drive types and sizes:

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 The MSA2000 G2 

arrays offer a choice of drives—high‑performance 
enterprise‑class SAS drives, and low‑cost, 
high‑capacity archival‑class SATA drives—to help 
you select the best option for your requirements. 
Various models come standard with drive bays 
to simultaneously accommodate either 12 Large 
Form Factor (LFF) 3.5‑inch drives or 24 Small Form 
Factor (SFF) 2.5‑inch dual‑ported SAS drives and 
SATA drives.

Cost effici

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ent: The MSA2000 G2 family supports 

single and dual controller models. Choose a single 

controller model for low initial investment, or a 

dual controller model for greater data protection 

and higher performance. Our SAS drives are 

ideal for mission‑critical workloads needing the 

highest performance. Our SATA drives give you 

excellent performance and cost benefits for your 

archival storage.
Enhanced performance:

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 With MSA2000 G2 arrays 

you can count on up to four times the bandwidth of 

the early MSA arrays.
Easy to service:

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 The MSA2000 G2 family supports 

customer replaceable hot‑plug components such as 

drives, controllers, fans, and power supplies.
Support of over 500 LUNs (depending on 

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configuration) with LUN sizes up to 16 TB: The 

MSA2000 G2 arrays have more than sufficient 

LUNs for storage configuration flexibility.
High availability for business continuity: 

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The 

MSA2000 G2 reduces risk of IT failure with active/ 

active controllers, dual‑ported drives, and redundant 

hardware components.
Room to grow: 

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Depending on the model, the 

MSA2000 G2 can support multiple drive enclosures 

up to 60 LFF drives or 99 SFF drives.
Increased level of data protection: 

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All the MSA2000 

G2 models offer increased data protection with the 

controller‑based snapshot and cloning functionality 

offered by the optional HP StorageWorks MSA2000 

Snapshot Software. Controller‑based snaps require 

no host resources being used, and produce 
space‑efficient, copy‑on‑write snapshots and clones.

HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array

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