HPE MSA Gen 7
HPE MSA Gen7 Storage offers high-performance shared storage tailored for today’s SMBs. With hybrid-flash and all-flash options, it delivers an affordable solution to accelerate demanding applications. Designed to strike the right balance between budget, performance, and simplicity, the MSA portfolio serves as a reliable foundation for SMB IT environments. Now in its seventh generation, it continues to be a trusted, entry-level shared storage choice for HPE servers.
Inquire NowKey Advantage:
- Proven simplicity—Shared storage anyone can use
- Application acceleration—Real performance you can see and feel
- Affordability—A great value whether you start small or scale up
Key Features:
- Dual-controller, two-pool, active-active design architecture: Delivers the resiliency, application availability, and uptime required for shared storage
- Custom-designed RAID acceleration ASIC and controller design: Up to 2x performance improvement compared to HPE MSA Gen6 Storage, lowering system latency and improving user productivity
- 12 Gb SAS midplane: End-to-end high performance communication between the controller and all connected media
- Wide range of SFF/LFF media options: Includes high-capacity hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) media options, enabling users to scale beyond 7 PB of raw storage capacity
- Expand storage capacity with a choice of SFF and LFF drive enclosure options: Grow-as-you-go capacity expansion helps ensure a long and useful life for your storage array
- Self-encrypting drive (SED) options for SSD and HDD media: Adds a layer of security to protect against data theft
- HPE MSA-DP+ data protection: High performance RAID technology that significantly improves performance, availability, and rebuild times compared to traditional RAID types
- HPE MSA Advanced Data Services: Optional license supported on all HPE MSA Gen7 Storage arrays (included with the HPE MSA 2072 Storage array) that provides access to automated data tiering, remote snap replication, and additional snapshots
- HPE MSA Health Check: Analyze the health of your HPE MSA system using the Storage Management Utility (SMU) or through HPE cloud-based tool free of charge
- Online firmware updates: Nondisruptive, online firmware updates for both controllers and storage media that simplify routine system maintenance