HP 2000sa manual Key Features, Customer Benefits, Features and Benefits

QuickSpecs

HP StorageWorks 2000sa Modular Smart Array

Features and Benefits

Key Features

Highly efficient	Geared to departmental and small to medium business requirements
consolidation and sharing	Grows as the storage demands increase - up to 48 drives and 14.4TB SAS or 48TB SATA
of storage	Supports up to 4 hosts with SAS direct connect along with support for 256 LUNs and LUN sizes up
	to 16TB
	Optional controller-based snapshot and clone capability for increased data protection
Flexibility in drives	Enterprise-class SAS or archival-class SATA drives as the need and budget dictate
(MSA2000 family-	Dual-ported SAS drives for enterprise needs
specific)	Large capacity SATA drives for inexpensive archival storage
	Able to mix SAS and SATA drives within the same drive enclosure
Cost efficient plus high-	Choose either single (future upgradeable) or dual controller array models
availability choices	Choice of low cost single I/O or high-availability dual I/O drive enclosure models.

Customer Benefits

The HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array family manages growing storage requirements across multiple HP ProLiant servers for customers 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.

The MSA2000sa extends the benefits of shared storage resources to first time implementers on a tight budget

The modular design allows the user to start relatively small but supports future growth to hundreds of users and up to 14.4TB of SAS or 48TB of SAS storage

The optional controller-based snapshot and clone capability as part of the MSA2000 family allows the smaller departmental user or company to implement functionality once only available to much larger firms with expensive arrays.

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