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Solutions with 6gb sas bl switches and external sas storage enclosures

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Key benefits of the MSA2040 SAS and P2000 G3 MSA family:

MSA products manage growing storage requirements across multiple HP ProLiant servers for

users who need a centralized dedicated storage solution for applications. Shared storage

allows for controlled, cost-effective growth and increased protection of data.

Its ease of management allows a department or small company to effectively handle growing

storage requirements with a minimum of complexity.

MSA products extend the benefits of shared SAS storage resources to first time implementers

on a tight budget.

Ability to grow as storage demands increase.

MSA 2040 SAS controller enclosure can support seven cascaded drive enclosures, allowing

for a maximum of 199 drives in the system. For detailed information about maximum-capacity

configurations, see the MSA 2040 QuickSpecs.

The P2000 G3 SAS MSA controller enclosure can support several cascaded drive enclosures,

as long as the total number of drives in the array system does not exceed 149. For detailed

information about maximum-capacity configurations, see the P2000 G3 SAS MSA System

QuickSpecs.

The controller-based snapshot and optional clone capability of the MSA family allow the

smaller departmental user or company to implement functionality once only available to much

larger firms with high-cost arrays.

Key features of the MSA 2040 SAS and P2000 G3 MSA family:

Space-efficient 2U design, with hot-pluggable drive bays.

Highly efficient consolidation and sharing of storage geared to departmental and

small-to-medium business requirements.

Cost efficient plus high-availability choices.

Flexibility in drives: Large Form Factor 3.5-inch or HP ProLiant Small Form Factor 2.5-inch

drives.

Enterprise-class SAS or archival-class SATA drives as need and budget dictates.

Dual-port SAS drives for enterprise needs.

Large capacity SATA drives for low cost archival storage.

Ability to mix SAS, SAS Midline, and SATA drives within the same MSA storage enclosure.

NOTE:

Choice of single- or dual-controller enclosure models

Choice of single I/O module or dual I/O module drive enclosure models.

Configuration, management, and monitoring tasks are performed using the Storage Management

Utility (SMU) or Command Line Interface (CLI), both of which are embedded in MSA 2040 SAS

or P2000 G3 MSA System-family array controller firmware. Functionality of the two user interfaces

is similar, but presented in different consoles. HP recommends becoming familiar with and primarily

using one of the two interfaces. For more information about these software utilities, see

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