HP HPE MSA 2052 SAN QuickSpecs
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HPE MSA 2052 SAN Storage
Overview
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HPE MSA 2052 SAN Storage
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• HPE MSA 2052 performs in excess of 200,000 IOPS for affordable application acceleration
- Delivers 2x IOPS performance than the previous generation MSA 2042
- Save 40% on the hybrid flash MSA 2052 with all-inclusive software and 1.6 TB of SSD capacity included
• 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
- 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
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HPE MSA 2052 SAN Storage
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Host connection ports*
4.
Expansion port
2. CLI port (mini-USB)
5. AC power supplies
3. Management Ethernet port
Notes: *8 and/or 16Gb FC, / 1 and/or 10GbE iSCSI or 12Gb SAS
What's New in the MSA 2052 array family
and SAS LFF
MSA 2052 Storage Models
Descriptions
SKU
HPE MSA 2052 SAN Dual Controller LFF Storage
Q1J02B
HPE MSA 2052 SAN Dual Controller SFF Storage
Q1J03B
HPE MSA 2052 SAS Dual Controller LFF Storage
Q1J30B
HPE MSA 2052 SAS Dual Controller SFF Storage
Q1J31B
HPE MSA 2052 SAN Dual Controller LFF TAA-compliant Storage
R4Y03A
HPE MSA 2052 SAN Dual Controller SFF TAA-compliant Storage
R4Y04A
HPE MSA 2052 SAS Dual Controller LFF TAA-compliant Storage
R4Y05A
HPE MSA 2052 SAS Dual Controller SFF TAA-compliant Storage
R4Y06A
• New TAA-compliant MSA 2052 Dual Controller Storage Array models including support for SAN SFF, SAN LFF, SAS SFF
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HPE MSA 2052 SAN Storage
Array
Access Type
Block
Form Factor
2U, SFF or LFF
Number of controllers per array
2
Number of host ports per array
8
FC host connectivity
8/16Gb
iSCSI host connectivity
1Gb or 10GbI
SAS host connectivity
6/12Gb
Cache, per array
Max Read cache per array
8TB
Data (read/write) cache + system memory per array
16GB
Pool Capacity (with Large Pool Support)
562 TB (512 TiB)
RAID Levels supported: Virtual mode
RAID 0*,1, 5, 6, 10
Notes:
Enclosures
Expansion Drive Enclosures
0-7 enclosures
LFF/SFF array/enclosure mixing
Supported
Maximum number of drives per array enclosure
24 SFF/12 LFF
Maximum number of drives per drive enclosure
24 SFF/12 LFF
Drive enclosure interface type
6Gb SAS
Drives
Maximum total HDDs per array
192 SFF / 96 LFF
Maximum total SSDs per array
192 SFF / 96 LFF
Max raw capacity per array enclosure
76.8 TB SFF / 168TB LFF
Max raw capacity per drive enclosure
76.8 TB SFF / 168TB LFF
Max raw capacity per array
614.4TB SFF / 1344TB LFF
Integrated SSDs
2x800GB Mixed Use SSDs
Drive Capacities
SFF SSDs
800GB, 960GB, 1.6TB, 1.92TB, 3.2TB
LFF SSDs
800GB, 960GB, 1.92TB
SFF HDDs
15K: 600GB, 900GB
10K: 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB, 2.4TB
LFF HDDs
7.2K: 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB, 12TB,14TB
SEDs
Encryption not supported
Software Features
Thin Technologies
Thin Provisioning, Space Reclamation, Thin Rebuild
Tiering
Performance Tier, Standard Tier, Archive Tier
Replication
Snapshots (512), Volume Copy, Remote Snaps
Quality of Service
Virtual Tier Affinity
Bundled/Integrated Licenses
Advanced Data Services LTU standard
Additional Features
Maximum number of volumes
512
Maximum number of snapshots
512
Maximum number of hosts
512
Maximum number of initiators
1024
Customer self-installable
Yes
Customer self-repairable
Yes
Customer self-upgradeable
Yes
Health Check analytics
Yes
*Read Cache Only
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All MSA 2052 models offer a common set of valuable features
• MSA 2052 storage system architecture maximizes performance
• Includes MSA 2050-branded SFF or LFF array chassis, depending on model
• Two MSA 2050 SAN or SAS controllers
• 8 GB cache per controller.
• Battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and compact flash
• Two .7m PDU cords (IEC C14)
• One rack-mount kit
• Two pre-installed 800GB Mixed Use SSDs which allow IT managers to accelerate application performance
• One Advanced Data Services Software Suite LTU
• MSA 2050 SAN Controller allows customers to create their own Combo Controller by mixing FC and iSCSI SFPs.
• The two 800GB SSDs can be optionally deployed either as read cache, or as an SSD virtual disk group for tiered storage.
• All MSA 2052 models come standard with the Advanced Data Services (ADS) Software Suite LTU, which includes
• Storage Management Utility V3 (SMU). This MSA management GUI brings a new modern look and feel to array
• Thin Provisioning allows storage allocation of physical storage resources only once they are consumed by an application.
• All models feature a wide variety of drives: High-performance SSD drives, enterprise-class SAS, and SAS Midline drives.
• The MSA 2052 will support a maximum of 7 disk enclosures (either LFF and/or SFF). Add-on enclosures can either be
• The MSA 2050 can grow incrementally to a maximum of 96 LFF, 192 SFF drives, or a combination of SFF and LFF
• Virtual Storage Disks Groups can be spanned across multiple enclosures.
• Virtual Storage RAID levels supported; 1, 5, 6, 10.
• RAID 0 supported for Read Cache only. SSD read cache is a feature that extends the MSA controller cache. Read cache is
• 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
• Multiple Disk Groups can be aggregated into a single Storage Pool.
• The maximum LUN size is 140TB (128TiB)
• 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
• Snapshot enhancements for virtual storage, including performance improvements, hierarchical snapshots, and simplified
- Four host ports per controller
- Each SAN controller supports 8 GB FC, 16 GB FC, 1GbE iSCSI or 10GbE iSCSI host connectivity
- Each SAS controller supports 6Gb and/or 12Gb SAS host connectivity
- Deploy the two embedded SSDs as Read Cache to improve random read performance. A maximum of 2 SSD’s
are supported per pool providing a maximum of 4TB of read cache per controller, max 8TB of read cache per
array.
- Deploy the two embedded SSDs as tiered storage. The MSA 2052 can manage up to three tiers of storage:
Performance tier, Standard tier and Archive tier.
- The Performance Auto Tiering License necessary to create an SSD virtual disk group for both read and write
capabilities comes standard with all MSA 2052 models. No additional software license purchase is necessary.
automatic tiering, 512 snapshots, and remote snaps for remote replication. The Advanced Data Services LTU requires
license activation.
management.
Thin Provisioning also allows over-provisioning of physical storage pool resources allowing ease of growth for volumes
without predicting storage capacity upfront.
HPE MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure or HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure.
enclosures up to the maximum of 8 total enclosures.
most effective for workloads that are high in random reads. A maximum of 2 SSDs per pool can be added for read cache.
10.
is also getting a performance benefit of the additional spindles.
resource management. Administrators can monitor and optionally control snapshot space usage.
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Product Technology
MSA 2052 Solution
MSA 2052 SAS controller supports 12Gb host connectivity.
Modular Chassis
controller fails over to its partner controller.
Available Drives
• Midline SAS hard disk drives (7.2K RPM) are optimized to provide the best ratio of capacity to cost.
Optional Disk Enclosures
ported 12Gb SSD, Enterprise SAS,
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 MSA 2052 array. This unique ability protects the earlier investments in drives, and JBODs.
- Certain limitations are applicable. Please review the Upgrading to the HPE MSA 2050/2052 Technical Whitepaper
before upgrading your MSA 2040, MSA 2042 or MSA 1040 systems.
The MSA 2052 is a pre-configured bundle that includes an MSA 2050-branded LFF or SFF array chassis depending on model,
two AC power supplies, two MSA 2050 SAN or SAS controllers, two 800GB Mixed Use SSDs, one Advanced Data Services LTU.
The two 800GB SSDs are shipped integrated in the MSA 2050 array. The Advanced Data Services LTU is shipped with the MSA
2050 array and requires license activation.
SAN controller
MSA 2052 SAN controller supports 8Gb FC, 16Gb FC, 1GbE iSCSI or 10GbE iSCSI host connectivity. .
SAS controller
2U rack height. 12 LFF or 24 SFF drive bays. All MSA 2052 Storage Systems come standard with 2 SAN or SAS controllers
depending on model
Notes: The MSA 2052 does not support single controller configurations. Single-controller support is provided only when a
The MSA 2052 SAN and SAS Storage systems support a wide variety of the MSA 3.5-inch LFF drives, and the MSA 2.5-inch SFF
drives.
Solid-State Drives (SSDs) deliver the highest levels of performance and reliability.
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Enterprise-class SAS hard disk drives (10K/15K RPM) offer a balance of performance, capacity, and cost while
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delivering enterprise grade reliability.
Just as the user has a choice of chassis for the array enclosure (LFF or SFF drive bays), they also have a choice of expansion disk
enclosures accommodating either drive size. Both the MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure and MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure can be
hot added to an operating array. SFF and LFF Array enclosures and Disk Enclosures can be mixed without limitations.
MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure.
This 2U enclosure is designed to support twelve HPE Storage LFF drives and accepts MSA dualand SAS Midline (MDL) hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the
MSA 2052 dual controller arrays.
• The MSA 2050 LFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2052 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
2052 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
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HPE MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure
• LFF and/or SFF Disk Enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of 7 total Disk Enclosures.
Scalability
(MDL) drives technology, form factors, sizes, speeds, and
combined with economical LFF drives staged for archival purposes, all in the same array.
Disk Group
Virtual Storage features.
LUNs
storage.
Storage Pools
are expanded data automatically reflows to balance capacity utilization on all drives.
RAID 0,1, 5, 6, 10
wo sets
(Striping) is supported for Read Cache only.
This 2U enclosure is designed to support twenty four HPE Storage 2.5-inch SFF drives and accepts MSA dual ported 12Gb SSD,
Enterprise SAS, or SAS Midline (MDL) hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure has two I/O modules and
supports the MSA 2052 dual controller arrays.
• The MSA 2050 SFF Disk Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2052 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 2052 array expansion port or existing disk enclosure cascade port.
The MSA 2052 array configurations are designed to allow an installation to begin with smaller capacity and be able to grow
gradually as needed. The flexibility of SSD, Enterprise SAS or SAS Midline
costs per GB allows a system to easily fit in almost any budget.
• Large Form Factor configurations can scale up to 168TB SAS MDL per array enclosure, expandable to 1344TB SAS MDL
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 2052 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,
A Disk Group is a collection of disks in a given redundancy mode (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10). Disk Group RAID level and size can be created
based on performance and/or capacity requirements. Multiple Disk Groups can be allocated into a Storage Pool for use with the
The MSA 2052 arrays support 512 volumes and up to 512 snapshots in a system. All of these volumes can be mapped to LUNs.
Maximum LUN sizes up to 140TB (128 TiB). Thin Provisioning allows the user to create the LUNs independent of the physical
Storage Pools are comprised of one or more Disk Groups. A volume’s data on a given LUN can now span all disk drives in a pool.
When capacity is added to a system, users will benefit from the performance of all spindles in that pool.
The MSA 2052 supports large, flexible Volumes with sizes up to 128TiB and facilitates seamless capacity expansion. As volumes
The MSA 2052 features several important additional levels. RAID 6 offers the highest level of RAID protection. It allocates t
of parity data across drives and allows simultaneous write operations. It can withstand two simultaneous drive failures without
downtime or data loss. RAID 10 is mirroring and striping without parity and allows large Disk Groups to be created with high
performance and mirroring for fault tolerance. RAID 5 combines the block striping and parity. Because data and parity are striped
across all the disks, no single disk is a bottleneck. Striping also allows users to reconstruct data in case of a disk failure. RAID 0
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Configuration and Management Tools
Protocols Supported SNMP, SMI-S, SSH, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet
Web Browser support
Chrome.
Hot Plug Expansion and Replacement Support
I/O modules for simple, fast installation and maintenance. Hot add expansion of disk enclosures is also supported.
HPE Server Compatibility
Notes: depends on protocol.
3rd Party server support
HBAs and drivers, and supported FC switches.
OS Support
Notes: depends on protocol.
Management access, out-of-band, Storage Management Utility (SMU), CLI.
Interface Types: USB 100/1000 Ethernet.
The MSA 2052 arrays come integrated with web browser and CLI based software for storage and RAID management, setup,
configuration, and troubleshooting. The MSA 2052 management supports Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google
All MSA 2052 models support hot plug expansion and replacement of redundant controllers, enclosures, fans, power supplies, and
The MSA 2052 supports most HPE ProLiant, BladeSystems and Integrity servers including
• HPE ProLiant DL, ML Servers
• HPE c-Class Blade Servers
• Integrity servers, IA64
• Compatibility must be confirmed at:
http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock
The MSA 2052 supports most multi-vendor industry standard Intel and AMD based (x86) servers. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
requires the Third-Party Server to be logged and listed on the Microsoft Windows Server Catalog.
Refer to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise support statements for complete current OS version support
http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock
• 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
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• VMware
• HP-UX
• Red Hat Linux
• SuSE SLES Linux
• Solaris
• Oracle Linux
• Citrix XenServer
• OpenVMS
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Advanced Data Services Software Suite
• Remote Snap Software
Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering
LUN tiering and automated data movement between tiers. The MSA 2052 automated tiering engine
the highest available tier delivering maximum I/O´s to the application.
Snapshot and Volume Copy
• Backup 'snapped' data to disk, virtual tape, or physical tape without a backup window
Remote Snaps
HPE Remote Snap functionality is based on existing Snapshot technology offered by HPE MSA array products. Snapshots
The HPE MSA Advanced Data Service Suite is included as a standard feature on the MSA 2052 at no extra charge. The standard
MSA Advanced Data Services Software Suite includes the following functionality:
• Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering Software
• 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy Software
Disk tiers are comprised of aggregating 1 or more Disk Groups of similar physical disks. The MSA 2052 supports 3 distinct tiers:
• A Performance tier with SSDs
• A Standard SAS tier with Enterprise SAS HDDs
• An Archive tier utilizing Midline SAS HDDs.
The MSA 2052 supports submoves data between available tiers based on the access characteristics of that data. Frequently accessed “pages” will migrate to
• 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy are standard features on the MSA 2052
• 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
• HPE MSA Remote Snap Software is array-based software that provides remote replication on the HPE MSA 2050 array
products. MSA Remote Snap is a form of asynchronous replication which consists of replication of block-level data from a
volume on a local system to a volume on a second independent system. This second system may be co-located with the
first system or may be located at a remote site.
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are used to track the data to be replicated as well as to determine the differences in data updated on the primary 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.
• 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
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snapshot replication supports
arrays performing replication (from Primary system to Remote System), you will need a total of 2 licenses.
HPE OneView for VMware vCenter
https://h20392.www2.hpe.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVPR
Advanced scheduler provides several options to IT administrators for business continuance
• Flexible architecture allows remote replication between MSA 2052 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,
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
Notes: One Advanced Data Services Suite License per array is required for replication. For example, if you have two MSA
HPE OneView for VMware vCenter is a component within the HPE OneView plug-in for vCenter. It enables vSphere administrators
to quickly obtain context-aware information and manage supported HPE storage devices like the MSA in their VMware vSphere
environment directly from within vCenter. This plug-in operates independently of the core HPE OneView product and does not
require a license to use. By providing a clear relationship between VM's, datastores and storage, the VMware administrator's
productivity increases, as does the ability to ensure quality of service. Roles for administrators can be defined on an individual
basis, providing the ability to apply specific permissions for both view and control functions.
HPE OneView for VMware vCenter supports mixed array environments including MSA Storage, and other HPE Storage systems
including 3PAR Storage, Nimble Storage, StoreVirtual and StoreOnce.
When deployed with MSA Storage, HPE OneView provides the following:
• Active Management functionality for the MSA Storage:
- Create/Expand/Delete a Datastore
- Create a Virtual Machine from a template
• Monitors the health and status of the MSA Storage
• Displays LUN / volume connections from VMs and ESX servers to the arrays and provides the location and attributes of
the MSA array within the SAN
• Identifies what storage features are available to allow administrators to match the features available on the MSA array to
their requirements
• Provide a cluster-level view of the storage
HPE OneView for VMware vCenter is downloadable from Software Depot:
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