HPE MSA 2050 SAN Dual Controller SFF Storage (Q1J01A)

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. Now the HPE MSA 2050 Storage system delivers 2x higher performance [1] than the previous generation at the same price, delivering in excess of 200,000 IOPS starting at under $10,000 USD for affordable application acceleration. It’s seriously simple and affordable flash-ready storage to help you get the most performance for the lowest cost.

· 200,000+ IOPS starting at under $10K for affordable application acceleration

– Flexible base model delivers 2x IOPS performance than the previous generation MSA for the same price.

· Advanced data services with no experience required

– Easy to install, easy to use, easy to maintain—no storage expertise necessary

– Automated tiering dynamically responds to workload changes, so you don’t have to

· Keep your business running with expanded data protection features

– New virtualized snapshot technology makes data protection and instant recovery a snap

– Remote replication with FC and iSCSI supports affordable disaster recovery

• Grow flexibly now and into the future

– Data-in-place upgrades protect drive investments and eliminate data migrations

– Start small and scale as needed with any combination of SSD, Enterprise or Midline SAS drives

• Introducing new MSA 2050 SAS SFF and LFF Storage

• Introducing new MSA 2050 SAS NEBS SFF Storage

• Introducing new MSA 2050 SAS DC-Power LFF Storage

8 and/or 16Gb FC,

1 and/or 10GbE iSCSI or

6 and/or 12Gb SAS

NOTES:

¹ Includes an LFF or SFF Array Chassis depending on model, two MSA 2050 SAN or SAS controllers, two AC power supplies, no drives

²Includes an LFF or SFF Array Chassis depending on model, two MSA 2050 SAN or SAS controllers, two DC power supplies, no drives

³SFPs not included

⁴SFP not required with SAS controllers

The HPE MSA 2050 SAN and SAS DC-power LFF Storage systems (Q179A and Q2P39A) include two (DC) power supplies, but is not NEBS certified. The two power supplies are designed to operate over the input range of -40VDC to -75VDC.

The HPE MSA 2050 DC-power Carrier Grade SFF Disk Enclosure (Q1J05A) is a special model disk enclosure designed for use with NEBS compliant MSA 2050 configurations. This drive enclosure has 24 drive bays and has dual -48VDC-power supplies. It is only sold with carrier grade arrays.

When used in conjunction with specific Storage SFF SAS drives, the solution is NEBS certified (GR-63-Core and GR-1089-Core) and Seismic Zone 4 rated. NEBS level-3 certification provides the assurance that the equipment is safe to operate and sturdy enough to withstand certain physical and environmental (for example, fire, earthquakes) conditions. For Seismic Zone 4 rating, the MSA 2050 must be mounted in an HPE Seismic Rack (AH335A).

• MSA 2050 storage system architecture maximizes performance

– Includes SFF or LFF array chassis, depending on model

– Two MSA SAS or SAS controllers, depending on model

ú Four host ports per controller

ú Each SAN controller supports 8 Gb FC, 16 Gb FC, 1GbE iSCSI or 10GbE iSCSI. host connectivity

ú Each SAS controller supports 12Gb SAS host connectivity

– 8 GB cache per controller.

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

• MSA 2050 SAN controller allows customers to create their own Combo Controller by mixing FC and iSCSI SFPs. Below are the valid configurations for mixing SFPs:

• Storage Management Utility V3 (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 2050 will support a maximum of 7 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 2050 can grow incrementally to a maximum of 96 LFF, 192 SFF drives, or a combination of SFF and LFF enclosures up to the maximum of 8 total enclosures.
• 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 2040, MSA 2042 and MSA 1040 array are able to do data-in-place upgrades to the new MSA 2050 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 Technical Whitepaper before upgrading your MSA 2040, MSA 2042 or MSA 1040 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 2050, 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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Chassis

NOTE: The MSA 2050 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 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 and SAS Midline hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the MSA 2050 dual controller arrays.

• The MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2050 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 2050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

• LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 7 total Disk Enclosures

• The MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2050 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 2050 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.

• LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 7 total Disk Enclosures.

• Large Form Factor configurations can scale up to 144TB SAS Midline per array enclosure, expandable to 1152TB SAS Midline with the addition of a maximum of seven MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure.
• Small Form Factor configurations can scale up to 76.8 TB SAS SSDs per array enclosure, expandable to 614.4 TB SAS with the addition of a maximum of seven MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure.
• 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 2050 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 2050 End-to-End Performance Results:

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

2) Dual Controller configuration, (8) 400GB Mixed Use SSDs, RAID: 1, two drives per Disk Group; two Disk Groups per Pool, 2 volumes per Pool, block size: 8k, average latency under 5ms, Windows Server 2012 host, 16Gb FC direct connect to array

3Dual Controller configuration, (72) 15k HDD, RAID: 5, nine drives per Disk Group, 4 Disk Groups per Pool, 32 volumes per Pool, block size: 256k, average latency under 30ms, Windows Server 2012 host, 16Gb FC direct 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

· Integrity servers, IA64

· 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
• HP-UX
• Red Hat Linux
• SuSE SLES Linux

NOTE: depends on protocol.

The optional Advanced Data Services Suite includes the following functionality:

• Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering

• 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy

• 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 2050 supports sub-LUN tiering and automated data movement between tiers. The MSA 2050 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 MSA2050 array.

• A 512 Snapshot license is available as an option on the MSA 2050

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

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

• Volume 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.

• Hewlett Packard Enterprise does not provide warranty assistance for software products included with our base hardware products. Support is available with either the SupportPlus or SupportPlus24 Service options the hardware warranty component of these services is accounted for in the pricing of the SP and SP24 care packs.

• HPE Remote Snap functionality is based on existing Snapshot technology offered by HPE MSA array products. Snapshots are used to track the data to be replicated as well as to determine the differences in data updated on the master volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred.

• 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 a transport medium such as TCP/IP (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel. 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 both Ethernet 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

• Many to 1 replication (up to 4 nodes) – primary 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 2050 and MSA 2040 or MSA 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.

• Multiple relationships provide greater storage flexibility and utilization.

• 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 2050/2052, MSA 2040/2042, MSA 1040, P2000, EVA, P4000, and the XP array series including the P9500.

When deployed with the MSA 2050 array, HPE OneView provides the following:

• Active Management functionality for the MSA 2050 array:

– Create/Expand/Delete a Datastore

– Create a Virtual Machine from a template

• Monitors the health and status of the MSA 2050
• Displays LUN / volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays and provides the location and attributes of the MSA 2050 within the SAN
• Identifies what storage features are available to allow administrators to match the features available on the MSA 2050 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 2050 array, HPE StoreFront Manager provides the following:

· Monitors the health, events and alerts for the MSA 2050 – 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

Enclosures, Hard drives, and Options for the MSA 2050 carry their own warranty. Refer to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Limited Warranty Statement for more information.

The MSA 2050 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 2050 models is different for SAS hard drives versus SAS Midline. SAS hard drive options have a three year warranty and SAS Midline have a one year warranty.

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