HP StorageWorks 2000fc Modular Smart Array -
Overview & Features

Overview

The MSA2000fc offers flexibility with three models: a single controller version for lowest price with future expansion, a dual controller model for entry-level situations that require higher availability, plus a high performance model with dual enhanced controllers for the most demanding entry-level situations. Each model comes standard with twelve drive bays able to simultaneously accommodate 3.5-inch enterprise-class, dual-ported SAS drives and archival-class SATA drives. Additional capacity can easily be added when needed by attaching up to three MSA2000 12-bay drive enclosures. Maximum raw capacity ranges from 3.6TB SAS or 9TB SATA in the base cabinet, to over 14.4TB SAS or 36TB SATA with the addition of the three drive enclosures. The MSA2000 family of arrays are cost efficient in that there are never additional hidden charges, licenses or fees as you add enclosures or hosts and users.

Features & Benefits

• New generation SAN implementations using Fibre Channel effectively manages greater data growth: The HP StorageWorks 2000fc Modular Smart Array manages growing storage requirements across multiple HP ProLiant servers for customers who need a centralized dedicated storage solution for applications. SANs allow for controlled, cost-effective growth and increased protection of the data.
• Excellent price-performance: The MSA2000fc arrays offer a choice of drives -high performance enterprise class SAS drives and low cost, high capacity archival class SATA.
• Latest Fibre Channel technology: Significant performance benefits with two 4Gb Fibre Channel ports per controller.
• High availability for business continuity: Reduce risk of IT failure with active-active controllers, dual-ported drives, redundant hardware components.
• Controller-based HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array Snapshot Software: Gives an additional level of data protection. Controller-based snaps require no host resources being used and they produce space-efficient, copy-on-write snapshots and clones.
• Improve productivity and prevent data loss: RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50. Redundant hardware with automatic failover resulting in less downtime.
• Easy to service: Supports customer replaceable hot plug components such as drives, controllers, fans and power supplies.
• Easy to manage and configure providing investment protection: Reduced time to operation with easy and secure deployment. Reduced risk from operator errors, resulting in less downtime and data loss, while increasing customer satisfaction.
• Space-efficient design: The array unit itself only occupies 2U of rack space and includes 12 drive bays. There is no requirement for a special UPS that takes additional space to protect the cache. Each additional drive enclosure also only occupies 2U of rack space.
• Room to grow: The MSA2000fc arrays can support up to 3 drive enclosures and 48 drives.