Other features
| Hard disk controller |
2 MSA2300sa G2 |
| Supported drives |
MSA2 300 GB 3G 15K LFF DP SAS; MSA2 450 GB 3G 15K LFF DP SAS; P2000 300 GB 6G 15K LFF DP ENT SAS; P2000 450 GB 6G 15K LFF DP ENT SAS; P2000 600 GB 6G 15K LFF DP ENT SAS; P2000 1 TB 6G 7.2K LFF DP MDL SAS; P2000 2 TB 6G 7.2K LFF DP MDL SAS; MSA2 500 GB 3G 7.2K LFF SATA; MSA2 1 TB 3G 7.2K LFF SATA; P2000 2 TB 3G 7.2K LFF MDL SATA |
| Insight manager support |
Y |
| SAN backup support |
Y |
| Storage mirroring |
Y |
Storage
| Number of storage drives supported |
12 |
| Maximum supported storage capacity |
24 TB |
HP 2312sa Dual Controller Modular Smart Array
Overview
The HP StorageWorks 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array is a 3 Gb SAS direct attach, external shared storage solution that helps customers easily transition from direct attached to centralized storage. It allows departmental and small to medium businesses customers to grow capacity as demands increase up to 36TB SAS or 120TB SAS MDL or SATA MDL, and supporting up to 64 hosts.
With up to 511 LUNs and LUN sizes up to 16 TB, the MSA2000sa G2 gives maximum configuration flexibility. The MSA2000sa G2 allows mixing of enterprise-class, dual-ported SAS drives and archival-class SATA drives, and supports both Large Form Factor and Small Form Factor drives. The optional HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array Snapshot Software offers increased data protection. The MSA2000sa G2 can be configured with a single controller for a low initial price with future expansion, or with dual controller for situations that require higher availability and performance for the most demanding entry-level situations.
Features
Easily managed highly affordable storage consolidation
• The HP StorageWorks 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array delivers low cost, consolidated storage array technology to meet departmental and small to medium businesses requirements matched with the newest SAS, SAS MDL and SATA MDL drives.
Start small and grow in number of supported servers and total capacity
• The MSA2000sa G2 array allows customers to grow their storage as demands increase up to 36 TB SAS or 120 TB SAS MDL or SATA MDL, and support up to 64 hosts for iSCSI. The MSA2000sa G2 array can support up to 4 LFF drive enclosures and 60 drives or 3 SFF drive enclosures and a maximum of 99 drives.
Comprehensive data protection in an easily administered shared storage environment
• RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50. Redundant hardware with automatic failover resulting in less downtime.
