Need a modern shared storage array which is flash-ready when you are and affordable with what’s left of a small budget? The HPE MSA 1050 SAN Storage brings affordable flash storage down to the most price sensitive customers. Designed to meet entry-level storage requirements, the HPE MSA 1050 SAN Storage is a good fit for budget constrained customers. With one of the lowest entry price point in the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Storage portfolio and field-proven HPE ProLiant compatibility, the HPE MSA 1050 SAN Storage is the platform of choice for smaller IT workloads. The HPE MSA 1050 SAN Storage features iSCSI, FC and SAS host interface connectivity at previously unattainable entry price points. This storage allows users to take advantage of the latest storage technologies while also providing a balance between performance and budget. This portfolio has been the industry-leading entry storage FC platform [1] for the past eight years, with over 500,000 storage systems sold worldwide.
Features
Affordable, Flash-ready Storage
- The HPE MSA 1050 SAN Storage base unit comes factory-configured with dual-controller arrays, four host ports delivering 8 Gb Fibre Channel, 1GbE iSCSI, 10GbE iSCSI or 12 Gb SAS.
- Moving to a modern flash-ready array delivers performance enhancement and decreased latencies. Advanced data services and a small investment in flash can take your organization to the next level.
Simple, Proven HPE ProLiant Gen10 server Compatible Shared Storage
- The HPE MSA 1050 SAN storage continues its heritage of providing affordable, easy to use shared storage without a big learning curve with its intuitive setup and management for HPE ProLiant Server administrators.
- Matching industrial design to fit right in with your HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers.
Advanced Virtualization Services with a Simplified Licensing Approach
- The HPE MSA 1050 SAN storage leverages flash with easy to use, easy to maintain tiering and read cache technologies.
- No storage expertise necessary; this system dynamically responds to workload changes so you don’t have to.
Expandable and Upgradable to Meet New Demands
- With the HPE MSA 1050 SAN storage, you can add additional hard disk drives (HDDs) or disk expansions to your HPE MSA 1050 SAN storage or upgrade to the HPE MSA 2050 SAN storage through data-in-place upgrades; a simple 15 minute upgrade.
- No migrations required making it a lot easier to install and manage.
Capacity
672 TB maximum including expansion, depending on model
Drive description
96 SFF or 48 LFF Maximum including expansion, depending on model
Host interface
8 Gb Fibre Channel, 4-ports per system or 1 Gb iSCSI, 4-ports per system or 10 Gb iSCSI, 4-ports per system or 12 Gb SAS, 4-ports per system, depending on model
Storage controller
(2) HPE MSA 1050 2-port 8 Gb FC Controllers or (2) HPE MSA 1050 2-port 1 Gb iSCSI Controllers or (2) HPE MSA 1050 2-port 10 Gb iSCSI Controllers or (2) HPE MSA 1050 2-port 12 Gb SAS Controllers, depending on model
Storage expansion options
HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure or HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure
Clustering support
Windows, Linux, HP-UX
SAN backup support
Yes
Storage mirroring support
No
Systems Insight Manager support
Yes
Compatible operating system
Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Red Hat Linux, SuSE SLES Linux, VMware, HP-UX. Detailed information available at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock
Form factor
2U rack height
Product Dimensions (metric)
- 8.9 x 49.5 x 44.7 cm
- 3.5 x 19.5 x 17.6 in
Weight
- 17.55 kg
- 38.7 lb
Warranty
Three-year limited warranty, parts exchange Next Business day delivery. For more warranty information refer to http://www.hpe.com/storage/warranty
