Looking for affordable, high-performance shared storage?
The HPE MSA 2050 SAN Storage is a flash ready hybrid storage system designed for affordable application acceleration ideal for small and remote office deployments. Don’t let the low cost fool you, it gives you the combination of simplicity, flexibility to grow now, and advanced features you may not expect in an entry-priced array. Start small and scale as needed with any combination of solid state drives (SSDs), high-performance enterprise, or lower-cost midline SAS-based hard disk drives (HDDs). HPE MSA 2050 SAN Storage has been the industry-leading entry storage Fibre Channel (FC) platform for the past eight years, with nearly 500,000 systems sold worldwide [1]. Delivers 2x higher performance [2] than the previous generation at the same price, delivering in excess of 200,000 IOPS. It’s seriously simple and affordable flash-ready storage to help you get the most performance for the lowest cost.
What's new
- New TAA-compliant HPE MSA 2050 Dual Controller Storage Array models including support for SAN SFF and SAN LFF.
Features
Accelerates Applications Affordably
- The HPE MSA 2050 SAN Storage performs at 200,000 IOPS delivering affordable application acceleration for small to medium-sized businesses both local and remote.
- Flexible base model delivers 2X more performance than the previous generation HPE MSA 2040 SAN Storage for the same price.
Advanced Data Services with no Experience Required
- The HPE MSA 2050 SAN Storage is easy to install, easy to use, easy to maintain, no previous storage expertise required.
- Automated tiering dynamically responds to workload changes, so you don’t have to.
Keep your Business Running with Expanded Data Protection Features
- The HPE MSA 2050 SAN Storage delivers updated virtualized snapshot technology making data protection and instant recovery a snap.
- Remote replication with Fibre Channel (FC) and iSCSI supports an affordable disaster recovery solution.
- Encrypted SSDs and HDDs for a data secure hybrid flash array.
Grow Flexibly Now and Into the Future
- The HPE MSA 2050 SAN Storage supports data-in-place upgrades protecting drive investments and reduces data migrations.
- Start small and scale as needed with any combination of SSDs, enterprise or midline SAS HDDs.
Capacity
Up to 76.8 TB SFF maximum raw capacity
Drive description
Up to 24 SFF SAS/ENT and/or SAS/SSD supported
Host interface
16Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel 8-ports per system or 1GbE/10GbE iSCSI 8-ports per system
Storage controller
2x HPE MSA 2050 SAN controllers included
Storage expansion options
Up to 7x HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosures or HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosures
Clustering support
Windows, Linux, HP-UX
SAN backup support
Yes
Storage mirroring support
Yes
Systems Insight Manager support
Yes
Compatible operating systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2019, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, SuSE SLES Linux, VMware ESXi, OVMS. Detailed information available at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock
Form factor
2U
Product Dimensions (metric)
- 8.9 x 49.5 x 44.7 cm
- 3.5 x 22.5 x 17.6 in
Weight
- 18.4 kg
- 40.6 lb
Warranty
Three-year limited warranty, parts exchange Next Business day delivery. For more warranty information refer to https://www.hpe.com/storage/warranty.
UNSPSC code
43201802
