HPE MSA 1050 8Gb Fibre Channel Dual Controller LFF Storage (Q2R18A)

The HPE MSA 1050 features 8Gb Fibre Channel, 12 Gb SAS, and 1GbE and 10GbE iSCSI at previously unattainable entry price points. The array allows users to take advantage of the latest storage technologies in simple and efficient ways by providing a good balance between performance and budget resulting in a highly favorable $/GB return on their investment.  HPE MSA Storage has been the industry-leading entry storage Fibre Channel platform for the past eight years, with nearly 500,000 storage systems sold worldwide.  Starting at under $5,500* USD, the MSA 1050 provides affordable application acceleration. It’s seriously simple and affordable flash-ready storage to help you get the most performance for the lowest cost.

· Configurations starting at $5,500 *

– Factory-configured, dual controller array with 4 host ports of either 8Gb FC, 1GbE, 10GbE or 12Gb SAS protocols

– Small Form Factor (SFF) or Large Form Factor (LFF) models available

· Simple, proven Gen10 ProLiant compatible shared storage

– MSA continues its heritage of providing affordable, easy to use shared storage without a big learning curve

– Intuitive setup and management for ProLiant administrators.

– New look-and-feel will fit right in with your Gen10 ProLiant servers

· Access to MSA 1050 advanced data services with simplified licensing approach

– Leverage flash storage with easy to use, easy to maintain tiering and read cache technologies

– No storage expertise necessary, system dynamically responds to workload changes, so you don’t have to

· Expandable and upgradable to meet new demands

– Add new HDDs or disk expansions to your MSA 1050

– Upgrade system to the MSA 2050 through data-in-place upgrade:  a simple 15 minute upgrade!

– No time-consuming migrations required

· New I/O Workload tool in the User Interface to help users benefit from tiering on the MSA.

· New LDAP Support.

• MSA 1050 storage system architecture maximizes performance

– Includes SFF or LFF array chassis, depending on model

– Two FC, iSCSI or SAS controllers, depending on model

ú Two host ports per controller

ú Each controller supports 8 Gb FC, 1GbE iSCSI, 10GbE iSCSI or 12Gb SAS host connectivity, depending on model

– 6 GB cache per controller. (4GB Read/Write plus 2GB System)

– Battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash

• Storage Management Utility (SMU).  The MSA management GUI brings a new modern look and feel to array management. 
• Thin Provisioning allows storage allocation of physical storage resources only once they are consumed by an application. Thin Provisioning also allows over-provisioning of physical storage pool resources allowing ease of growth for volumes without predicting storage capacity upfront.
• All models feature a wide variety of drives: High-performance SSD drives, enterprise-class SAS, and SAS Midline drives.
• The MSA 1050 will support a maximum of 3 expansion disk enclosures (either LFF and/or SFF). Add-on enclosures can either be HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure or HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure.
• The MSA 1050 can grow incrementally to a maximum of 48 LFF, 96 SFF drives, or a combination of SFF and LFF drives.
• Virtual Storage Disks Groups can be spanned across multiple enclosures.
• Virtual Storage RAID levels supported: 1, 5, 6, 10.
• Maximum hard drive counts vary by RAID levels: 2 drive max for RAID level 1; max of 16 drives for RAID levels 5, 6, and 10.
• Multiple Disk Groups can be aggregated into a single storage pool.
• Storage pools allow data on a given LUN to span across all drives in a pool. When capacity is added to a system, the user is also getting a performance benefit of the additional spindles.
• The maximum LUN size is 140TB (128TiB)
• Snapshot enhancements for virtual storage, including performance improvements, hierarchical snapshots, and simplified resource management. Administrators can monitor and optionally control snapshot space usage.
• Prioritize data by assigning appropriate affinity level (Performance, No Affinity or Archive)
• Customers can configure 512 TiB capacity per virtual pool by enabling large pool support.
• Non-disruptive on-line controller code upgrade.  Requires Multi-pathing software.
• Upgradable by design. Owners of an MSA 1040 array are able to do data-in-place upgrades to the new MSA 1050 array. This unique ability protects the earlier investments in drives, and JBODs.
• Certain limitations are applicable.  Please review the Upgrading to the HPE MSA 1050/2050/2052 Whitepaper before upgrading your MSA 1040, 2040 or 2042 systems.

Solutions

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has developed best-in-class expertise in Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, and Virtualization Hypervisor technology through extensive testing with the HPE MSA 1050, HPE servers, and management software; high availability and disaster recovery solutions; and backup and recovery on the Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP application platforms.

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· MSA 1050 8Gb FC with 4-ports per array system, SFF or LFF

· MSA 1050 12Gb SAS with 4-ports per array system SFF or LFF

· MSA 1050 1GbE iSCSI with 4-ports per array system SFF or LFF

· MSA 1050 10GbE iSCSI with 4-ports per array system, SFF or LFF

Chassis

NOTE:  The MSA 1050 does not support single controller configurations. Single-controller support is provided only when a controller fails over to its partner controller

· Solid State Drives (SSDs) deliver exceptional performance for applications requiring high random read IOPs performance.

· Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class drives are designed for high demand, 24×7 usage.

· SAS Midline (MDL) drives are usually reserved for archival of data as they are relatively inexpensive and are available in very large capacities.

MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure. This 2U enclosure is designed to support twelve HPE Storage LFF drives and accepts MSA dual-ported 12Gb SSD, Enterprise SAS or SAS Midline (MDL) hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the MSA 1050 dual controller arrays.

· The MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 1050 LFF or SFF storage models.

· Each MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure ships standard with two .5m mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables for connection to the MSA 1050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

· LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 3 total Disk Enclosures.

· The MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 1050 LFF or SFF storage models.

· Each MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure ships standard with a two .5m mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables for connection to the MSA 1050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

· LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 3 total Disk Enclosures.

• Large Form Factor configurations can scale up to 144TB SAS MDL per array enclosure, expandable to 576TB SAS MDL with the addition of a maximum of three MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosures.
• Small Form Factor configurations can scale up to 76.8 TB SAS SSDs per array enclosure, expandable to 307.2 TB SAS with the addition of a maximum of three MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosures.
• Users may configure an MSA 2050 SFF array enclosure with MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure. This is an excellent option for a configuration that supports high-speed SFF SSDs or fast SFF enterprise-class SAS drives in the array enclosure, combined with economical LFF drives staged for archival purposes, all in the same array.

The MSA 1050 supports large, flexible Volumes with sizes up to 128TiB and facilitates seamless capacity expansion. As pools are expanded data automatically reflows to balance capacity utilization on all drives.

MSA 1050 End-to-End Performance Results (using VE270 firmware release)

End-to-End performance notes

1) Performance results were generated using internal HPE test tools.  Number and type of applications, drive type and number of drives, operating system used, and the number of hosts will affect overall performance. This table is provided strictly as a test-lab comparison using VE270 firmware.

2) Dual Controller configuration, (4) 400GB Mixed Use SSDs, RAID: 1, two drives per Disk Group; one Disk Group per pool, 2 volumes per pool, block size: 8k, average latency under 5ms, Windows Server 2016 host, 8Gb FC connect to array

3) Dual Controller configuration, (36) 15k HDD, RAID: 5, nine drives per Disk Group, 2 Disk Groups per pool, 2 volumes per pool, block size: 256k, average latency under 30ms, Windows Server 2016 host, 8Gb FC connect to array

4) Sequential performance numbers were generated using segmented sequential workloads. For segmented sequential workloads with a queue depth greater than 1, each sequential stream is targeted to operate on a separate LBA range. Other types of sequential workloads that target specific LBA ranges may achieve higher results.

Interface Types: USB 100/1000 Ethernet.  

Protocols Supported SNMP, SMI-S, SSH, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet.

· HPE ProLiant DL, ML Servers

· HPE c-Class Blade Servers

· Compatibility must be confirmed at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

NOTE: depends on protocol.

support

· Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that the Third-Party Server Vendor is an active member of TSANet. Refer to the TSANet website for details: http://www.tsanet.com

· Non-HPE servers will generally be supported if the HPE storage stack is used. This includes supported HPE branded HBAs and drivers, and supported FC switches.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• VMware
• Red Hat Linux
• SuSE SLES Linux

NOTE: depends on protocol.

NOTE: The MSA 1050 supports virtual storage only.  Linear storage is not supported on the MSA 1050.

NOTE: The purchase of an Advanced Virtualization Upgrade license is not required for virtual storage on the MSA 1050. The Advanced Virtualization Upgrade functionality is included in the base MSA 1050 system as a standard feature.

The optional Advanced Data Services Suite includes the following functionality:

• Performance Tiering between the SSD tier and the Standard or Archive Tier

• 512 Snapshots

• Remote Snaps

1. A Performance tier with SSDs

2. A Standard SAS tier with Enterprise SAS HDDs 

3. An Archive tier utilizing Midline SAS HDDs.

The MSA 1050 supports sub-LUN tiering and automated data movement between tiers. The MSA 1050 automated tiering engine moves data between available tiers based on the access characteristics of that data. Frequently accessed “pages” will migrate to the highest available tier delivering maximum I/O´s to the application.

Configurations which have a mixture of both SSDs and HDDs within the same system being used as a capacity Tier (excluding SSD Read Cache), will require the Advanced Data Service Suite LTU.   This rule applies to the system level and therefore the license is required regardless of whether the drives are configured for auto-tiering within the same Pool.  All SSD configurations and SSD Read Cache extension do not require a license on the MSA 1050 array.

• A 512 Snapshot license is available as an option on the MSA 1050

• Snapshots create up to 512 point-in-time copies of data

• Volume Copy can create up to 128 point-in-time copies of data

• Point-in-time copies become standard volumes when they are complete

• Recovery is instant – revert data from any previous Snapshot or Volume Copy

• Backup ‘snapped’ data to disk, virtual tape, or physical tape without a backup window

• If telephone support and software updates are desired for bundled software functionalities like 64 snapshots and volume copy software, a combination HW + SW support care pack must be purchased.

• HPE Remote Snap replication technology provides the ability to accomplish key data management and protection capabilities. First, because Remote Snap uses snapshots as the underlying technology it creates multiple local recovery points which can be used for such tasks as to complement daily backups; second, replication provides the ability to access data in a remote site which could be used for dispersed operations; and third but definitely not least important replication allows for business continuance in the event of a failure on the primary site.

• In order to perform a replication, a snapshot of the volume to be replicated is taken, creating a point-in-time image of the data. This point-in-time image is then replicated to the destination volume by copying the data represented by the snapshot via iSCSI or Fibre Channel protocols.  Replication via the SAS protocol is not supported.  The amount of data transferred is minimized though the use of snapshots whenever possible.

NOTE: One Advanced Data Services Suite License per array is required for replication. For example, if you have two MSA arrays performing replication (from Primary system to Remote System), you will need a total of 2 licenses.

Product Features

• Storage based asynchronous snapshot replication

• Support of iSCSI and Fibre Channel interconnects provides flexible options to the application environments.

• Snapshot based replication technology means only changed data will be replicated to alternate site

• Replication between on MSA 1050 to another MSA is supported (1 to 1 peer connection).

• Replication up to four MSA 1050s to a single MSA 2050 is supported.  Typical use case is to replicate from “many” branch offices to the home office for the purpose of backing up data from the branches

• Advanced scheduler provides several options to IT administrators for business continuance

• Flexible architecture allows remote replication between MSA 1050 and MSA 2050 or MSA 2040/1040 arrays using the virtual storage architecture and licensed for Remote Snap.  Protects existing investments and enhances business continuity planning objectives.

• Snapshot based replication enables both local and remote recovery depending on the need. Snapshot replication isolates problems to a specific point in time which can be selected by the administrator. Additionally snapshot replication supports longer distance replication.

• 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy integration provides better efficiencies by combining the management and array technologies to create local copies.

• Fast application recovery with minimal or no transaction loss

• Creation of disaster tolerant copies of your critical business data

• No-single-point-of-failure solution to increase the availability of your data

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter supports mixed array environments including MSA 1050/2050/2052, MSA 1040/2040/2042 and other HPE Storage systems.

When deployed with the MSA 1050 array, HPE OneView provides the following:

• Active Management functionality for the MSA 1050 array:

– Create/Expand/Delete a Datastore

– Create a Virtual Machine from a template

• Monitors the health and status of the MSA 1050
• Displays LUN / volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays and provides the location and attributes of the MSA 1050 within the SAN
• Identifies what storage features are available to allow administrators to match the features available on the MSA 1050 to their requirements
• Provide a cluster-level view of the storage

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter is downloadable from Software Depot: https://h20392.www2.hpe.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVPR

For more information on HPE OneView for VMware vCenter visit: http://h22168.www2.hpe.com/us/en/partners/vmware/

It supports heterogeneous HPE Storage environment including HPE MSA, HPE StoreVirtual, HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE StoreOnce, HPE StoreEasy, HPE XP, HPE EVA and HPE StoreEver Storage.

When deployed with the MSA 1050 array, HPE StoreFront Manager provides the following:

· Monitors the health, events and alerts for the MSA 1050 – virtual pools, and volumes

· Provides detailed information on the VMs provisioned through MSA Storage

· Effortless installation and configuration using Powershell

HPE StoreFront Manager for Microsoft for MSA Storage is downloadable from Software Depot: https://h20392.www2.hpe.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=System_Center

Storage Hardware Primitives for VAAI

• Full Copy or Hardware Assisted Move
• Block Zeroing or Hardware Assisted Zeroing
• Hardware Assisted Locking or Atomic Test and Set (ATS)

UNMAP reclaims space that is no longer on a thinly provisioned VMFS volume

• Domain or Directory Credentials are not stored on the MSA for authentication – avoids a security issue
• Once user groups are configured on all MSAs in your organization, users can be authenticated on any MSA through the Active Directory
• Uses an LDAP implementation to authenticate users with a Windows Active Directory
• The MSA CLI and SMU will allow the configuration of new LDAP users groups into the MSA security scheme (manage vs monitor users, interface restrictions Web/CLI/FTP)
• Ability to authenticate Local or LDAP users

The new I/O Workload graph will show a line labeled Capacity and a line plot for each selected workload percentage (100%, 80%, or Other% value).  Below are two examples of user scenarios where the I/O Workload Graph might be useful and how to utilize the data the graph provides.

1)  New User or SSD Installation

a. Once the MSA array is installed and has had workloads running against it for a week’s time, the I/O Workload data will give a representation of what Capacity is servicing 100% of I/O and 80% of I/O.  Users may select a custom % value if desired.  In a new installation or in an installation with no SSD tier installed, the 80% line is a reasonable starting point for an SSD tier.  Based on SSD RAID settings, customers can then calculate a good starting point with regard to SSD tier sizing based on that week’s workload. While not a hard fast rule, it is a good starting point.  These values should also be compared to the Best Practices “rule of thumb” which suggest that 5-15% of the array’s capacity should be SSDs for tiered solutions.

2) Users with existing SSD tiering or read caching installed and running

a. For arrays running with SSDs installed (tiered or read cache), the I/O Workload graph will have a dotted line which shows the installed SSD capacity.  The I/O Workload graphs can be checked periodically to see where the 80% I/O line is with regard to the SSD capacity line.  While there are no hard and fast rules which indicate good/bad situations, users can use the graph with other system performance tools to better understand specific dynamics of their installation and the normal dynamics of a system in the day-to-day activities for a specific environment. 

Interpreting the I/O Workload graphs allow users to strike a balance between the SSD costs versus performance benefits. For example, some customers may be willing to have a couple of days where peak usage is far above the SSD capacity line as it may be acceptable to have slower performance as the system uses HDDs for a larger percentage of the workload I/O.  This may be perfectly acceptable for systems sized to optimize $/TB due to budget constraints.  Other users may want to optimize the system such that a sizeable percentage of daily I/O have the opportunity to reside on SSD media (sized to 80% or 90%).  When combined with other performance monitoring tools, the new I/O Workload function gives users some representation as to how the workloads and the MSA are working together in a user’s real-world environment.

Enclosures, Hard drives, and Options for the MSA 1050 carry their own warranty. Refer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Limited Warranty Statement for more information.

The MSA 1050 has been designed with customer self-repairable parts to minimize repair time and provide greater flexibility in performing defective parts replacement. Please refer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise limited warranty Statement and parts replacement instructions for further details.

NOTE: The warranty of the hard drive options purchased with the MSA 1050 models is different for SAS hard drives versus SAS MDL. SAS hard drive options have a three year warranty and SAS MDL have a one year warranty.

NOTE: Firmware updates beyond the 3 year warranty period requires a support contract.

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