MSA 2060 Storage Array
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QuickSpecs
HPE MSA 2060 Storage Array
Standard Features
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4
Additional Features
Maximum number of volumes
512
Maximum number of snapshots
512
Maximum number of hosts
512
Maximum number of initiators
1024
Customer self-installable
Yes
Customer self-repairable
Yes
Customer self-upgradeable
Yes
Health Check analytics
Yes
Energy Star Certified
Yes
All MSA 2060 models offer a common set of valuable features
Chassis
• 12 drive bay LFF or 24 drive bay SFF 2U base arrays, depending on model
• 12 drive bay LFF or 24 drive bay SFF 2U expansion enclosures, depending on model
• 12Gb SAS disk expansion protocol
• New next-generation drive carriers
• New optional locking bezel
Storage Controllers
• Dual hot-swappable active/active controllers
• 4 host ports per controller, 8 host ports per array
• 16Gb Fibre Channel, 10Gb iSCSI and 12Gb SAS protocol support
• Auto negotiation
• New next-generation RAID offload ASIC and Processor
• 24GB system cache
• 12Gb SAS expansion ports
• Battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash
Expansion Capacity
• Maximum expansion of 9 drive enclosures (either LFF and/or SFF)
• Maximum of 240 SFF or 120 LFF drives
• Maximum of 921.6TB SFF / 1.92PB LFF raw capacity
Storage Services
• Virtual Storage
- Up to two pools (1PB each)
- Automated tiering v2.0
- SSD read cache extension
- Thin Provisioning
- Volume Copy
- Snapshot capability (64 snaps standard, 512 optional snapshot per array)
• Virtual Storage Disk Groups can be spanned across multiple enclosures.
• Virtual Storage RAID levels supported: 1, 5, 6, 10, MSA-DP+
• New disk group type (MSA-DP+):
- Integrated sparing
- Fast rebuilds
- Improved sequential performance
- Incremental disk group expansion










