The HP 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array is a 3Gb SAS direct attach, external shared storage solution

The HP 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array is a 3Gb SAS direct attach, external shared storage solution that helps customers easily transition from direct attached to centralized storage. It allows departmental and small to medium businesses customers to grow capacity as demands increase up to 89 TB SAS or 120 TB SAS Midline (MDL) or SATA, and supporting up to 64 hosts.

High performance Modular Smart Array controller with four 3Gb SAS ports per controllerSingle and dual controller capability1 GB transportable cache per controller - battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash511 LUNs with 16TB LUNs supported2U rack mount chassis combining both the controller and disk shelfTwelve 3.5 inch dual-ported SAS or SATA MSA2000-specific drives (supports mixing of drive types in a single shelf)Twenty-four 2.5 inch dual-ported SAS or SATA ProLiant drives (also supports mixing of drive types in a single shelf)Support expansion to 4 additional enclosures & total of 48 disk drivesSupports expansion to 3 additional SFF enclosures (MSA70) for a maximum total of 99 SFF disksRedundant power supplies and fans are standardRAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50Non-disruptive on-line controller code upgradeHeterogeneous support for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows, Red Hat and SuSE LinuxWindows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V, VMware, RedHat Enterprise Linux Virtualization, and Citrix XenServerQualified and certified for Windows, Linux and Solaris clusteringOptional controller-based snapshot and clone functionalit

HP 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array controller