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HP StorageWorks 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure

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Reduce the cost of building up to 1.4TB of storage system with the choice of the reliability of SAS or SATA for low cost tiered storage flexibility.
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The HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 50 Enclosure MSA50 is a 1U Serial Attach SCSI(SAS) disk drive storage enclosure supporting Small Form Factor(SFF) SAS or Serial ATA(SATA) drives. This enclosure delivers industry-leading data performance, availability, storage density, and upgradeability to meet customers' demanding and growing storage needs. The all new SFF drive carrier is designed to support the new Universal form factor hard drive in either SAS or SATA. This new form factor provides optimized performance per U of space while delivering unparalleled power consumption. The MSA50 enclosure supports direct attach storage to HP ProLiant and Integrity Servers. The MSA50 supports the cascading of shelves in a 1+1 configuration to allow a maximum of 20 SFF drives in a 2U configuration attached to a single controller port. This single controller port incorporates four lanes for a total max throughput of 12Gb/s for SAS.

Features & Benefits

  • Flexibility - 1U SFF SAS/SATA allows customer choice/Flexibility to mix and match SAS/SATA drives in the same storage box.
  • Storage Capacity - Cascadeable 1+1. Allows 2 boxes to be connected together from a single controller port.
  • Reliability - Hot plug compatible can add or replace hard drives without service disruption.
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