What’s New

• HPE Smart Choice MSA Gen6 storage array bundles with up to 240TB of raw storage capacity included, supporting 16Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, and 12Gb SAS host connectivity
• Expand MSA 2060 array capacity beyond 7PB with new HPE MSA self-encrypting (SED) SAS Read Intensive SSD options– 1.92TB (SFF & LFF), 3.84TB (SFF), 15.36TB (SFF), and 30.72TB (SFF).
• HPE MSA 14.4TB SFF 10K HDD and 72TB LFF 7.2K HDD self-encrypting (FIPS) 6-pack media options.

MSA 2060 Storage Models

All MSA 2060 models offer a common set of valuable features

Chassis

• 12 drive bay LFF or 24 drive bay SFF 2U base arrays, depending on model
• 12 drive bay LFF or 24 drive bay SFF 2U expansion enclosures, depending on model
• 12Gb SAS disk expansion protocol
• New next-generation drive carriers
• New optional locking bezel

Storage Controllers

• Dual hot-swappable active/active controllers
• 4 host ports per controller, 8 host ports per array
• 8/16Gb Fibre Channel, 10/25GbE iSCSI, 1/10GBase-T and 12Gb SAS protocol support
• New next-generation RAID offload ASIC and Processor
• 24GB system cache
• 12Gb SAS expansion ports
• Battery-free cache backup with super capacitors and MMC

Expansion Capacity

• Maximum expansion of 9 drive enclosures (either LFF and/or SFF)
• Maximum of 240 SFF or 120 LFF drives
• Maximum of 7.37PB SFF / 2.88PB LFF raw capacity

Storage Services

• Virtual Storage

  • Up to two (2) pools, 4PiB addressable capacity per pool
  • Automated tiering v2.0
  • SSD read cache extension
  • Thin Provisioning
  • Volume Copy
  • Snapshot capability (64 snaps standard, 512 optional snapshots per array)
  • Virtual Storage Disk Groups can be spanned across multiple enclosures.
  • Virtual Storage RAID levels supported: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, MSA-DP+ (RAID 0 supported for Read Cache only)
  • New disk group type (MSA-DP+):

    • Integrated sparing
    • Fast rebuilds
    • Improved sequential performance
    • Incremental disk group expansion

Management

• New redundant web-based interface (Storage Management Utility v4)
• HPE MSA Health Check
• New RESTful interface
• CLI
• Firmware Update Server – automatically receive notification of new firmware availability
• Non-disruptive on-line controller code upgrade. Requires multi-pathing software
• Arxscan Arxview remote monitoring via HPE Complete

Data Protection

• Support for self-encrypting (SED) SSDs and HDDs
• Remote Snapshot (Array-based asynchronous replication)
• VMware Site Recovery Manager
• HPE Zerto Virtual Replication
• Optional locking bezel

Product Technology

Storage Controllers

• The MSA 2060 FC controllers with 8/16Gb FC host connectivity.
• The MSA 2060 iSCSI controllers with 10/25GbE iSCSI host connectivity.
• The MSA 2060 iSCSI controllers with 1/10GBase-T iSCSI host connectivity
• The MSA 2060 SAS controllers with 12Gb SAS host connectivity.
• No converged SAN controllers with MSA 2060 models.
• Dual controller active/active (dual pool) design. System can be configured as active/passive (single pool).
• Controllers contain next generation RAID offload ASIC and CPU.
• 24GB System cache
• 12Gb SAS expansion ports.

Notes: The MSA 2060 does not support single controller configurations. Single-controller support is provided only when a controller fails over to its partner controller.

Modular Chassis

• New chassis design with the MSA array and drive enclosures.
• 2U rack height 12 LFF or 24 SFF drive bays, depending on model.
• 12G SAS Midplane.
• Next generation drive modules.
• New locking bezel kit for added security.

Available Drives

The MSA 2060 Storage Systems support a wide variety of 3.5-inch LFF and 2.5-inch SFF drives.

• Solid-State Drives (SSDs) deliver the highest levels of performance and reliability.
• Enterprise-class SAS hard disk drives (10K RPM) offer a balance of performance, capacity, and cost while delivering enterprise grade reliability.
• Midline SAS hard disk drives (7.2K RPM) are optimized to provide the best ratio of capacity to cost.

Optional Drive Enclosures

MSA 2060 LFF Drive Enclosure

This 2U enclosure is designed to support twelve HPE Storage LFF drives and accepts MSA dual-ported 12Gb SSD and/or SAS Midline hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2060 LFF Drive Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the MSA 2060 Storage systems.

• The MSA 2060 LFF Drive Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2060 LFF or SFF Storage systems.
• Each MSA 2060 LFF Drive Enclosure ships standard with two 0.5m mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS HD cables for connection to the MSA 2060 array expansion port or existing drive enclosure cascade port.
• LFF and/or SFF drive enclosures can be mixed up to the maximum of nine drive enclosures.

HPE MSA 2060 SFF Drive Enclosure

This 2U enclosure is designed to support twenty-four HPE Storage SFF drives and accepts MSA dual ported 12Gb SSD and/or Enterprise SAS hard drives. The pre-configured MSA 2060 SFF Drive Enclosure has two I/O modules and supports the MSA 2060 Storage systems.

• The MSA 2060 SFF Drive Enclosure can be attached to the MSA 2060 LFF or SFF Storage systems.
• Each MSA 2060 SFF Drive Enclosure ships standard with two 0.5m mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS HD cables for connection to the MSA 2060 array expansion port or existing drive enclosure cascade port.
• LFF and/or SFF drive enclosures can be mixed up to a maximum of nine drive enclosures.

Scalability

• LFF configurations can scale up to 288TB per drive enclosure, expandable to 2.88PB with the addition of a maximum of nine MSA 2060 LFF Drive Enclosures.
• SFF configurations can scale up to 737.28TB per drive enclosure, expandable to 7.37PB with the addition of a maximum of nine MSA 2060 SFF Drive Enclosures.

Disk Group

A Disk Group is a collection of disks in a given redundancy mode (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, MSA-DP+). 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 Virtual Storage features.

LUNs

The MSA 2060 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. Thin Provisioning allows the user to create the LUNs independent of the physical storage.

Storage Pools

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 2060 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.

RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, MSA-DP+

The MSA 2060 features several important additional RAID levels. MSA-DP+ offers improved performance, availability, and very fast rebuild times compared to traditional parity RAID by utilizing erasure coding technology. MSA-DP+ includes distributed spare capacity (default is equal to 2x the largest drive) and does not use traditional spare drives. RAID 6 allocates two sets 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 block striping and parity. Because data and parity are striped across all of the disks, no single disk is a bottleneck. RAID 0 (Striping) is supported for Read Cache only.

MSA-DP+

MSA-DP+ is a new RAID-based data protection level introduced with the 6th Generation MSA Storage Systems that:

• Maximizes flexibility
• Provides built-in spare capacity
• Optimizes performance due to the elimination of idle spares
• Allows for very fast rebuilds, large storage pools, and simplified expansion

If a disk fails in an MSA-DP+ disk group, and the failed disk is replaced with a new disk in the same slot, the replacement disk will be added to the disk group automatically. All disks in an MSA-DP+ disk group must be the same type (enterprise SAS, for example), but can have different capacities, provided the range of difference does not exceed a factor of two. For example, mixing a 1.2TB disk and a 2.4TB disk is acceptable; but mixing a 8TB disk and a 24TB disk is not recommended. It is conceivable that a sizeable difference between mixed disk capacities (ratio greater than two) could prevent consuming space on disks due to insufficient distributed space required to support striping.

All disks in an MSA-DP+ disk group are used to hold user data, but not all disks will be used by each page of data. To increase fault tolerance, any available capacity on disks can be allocated as spare for reconstruction purposes. When new data is added, new disks are added, or the system recognizes that data is not distributed across disks in a balanced way, the system moves the data to maintain balance across the disk group. Spare drives are not used by MSA-DP+ disk groups since the RAID design provides built-in spare capacity that is spread across all disks in the disk group. In the case of a disk failure, data will be redistributed to many disks in the disk group, allowing for quick rebuilds and minimal disruption to I/O. The system will automatically default to a target spare capacity that is the sum of the largest two disks in the MSA-DP+ disk group, which is large enough to fully recover fault tolerance after loss of any two disks in the disk group. The actual spare capacity value can change depending on the current available spare capacity in the disk group. Spare capacity is determined by the system as disks are added to a disk group, or when disk groups are created, expanded or rebalanced.

Notes:

• HPE recommends not mixing disks if the ratio of the largest disk to the smallest disk is greater than two.
• For more information on MSA-DP+, refer to the HPE MSA 1060/2060/2062 Storage Management Guide.

Configuration and Management Tools

• Management access: out-of-band, Storage Management Utility (SMU) V4, CLI.
• Interface Types: USB, 100/1000 Ethernet.
• Protocols Supported: SNMP, SSH, SMTP, FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet

Web Browser Support

The MSA 2060 arrays come integrated with web-based management (SMU v4) and CLI based software for storage and RAID management, setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. The MSA 2060 management supports Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.

Hot Plug Expansion and Replacement Support

All MSA 2060 models support hot plug expansion and replacement of redundant controllers, drives, fans, power supplies, and I/O modules for simple, fast installation and maintenance. Hot add expansion of drive enclosures is also supported.

HPE Server Compatibility

The MSA 2060 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

Notes: Depends on protocol.

3rd Party Server Support

The MSA 2060 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.

• 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, drivers, and supported FC switches.

OS Support

Refer to the Hewlett Packard Enterprise support statements for complete current OS version support:

http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock

• Microsoft Windows Server 2022
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016
• VMware vSphere
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SuSE SLES Linux
• Oracle Linux
• Citrix Hypervisor
• HP-UX

Notes: support depends on protocol.

Advanced Data Services Suite

The HPE MSA Advanced Data Services Suite can be purchased as an option on the MSA 2060 Storage systems.

The optional Advanced Data Services Suite includes the following functionality:

• Performance Tiering
• 512 Snapshots and Volume Copy
• Remote Snap functionality

Performance Tiering and Archive Tiering

Disk tiers are comprised of aggregating one or more Disk Groups of similar physical disks. The MSA 2060 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 2060 supports sub-LUN tiering and automated data movement between tiers. The MSA 2060 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.

An Advanced Data Services Suite License is required when mixing HDDs and SSDs within the same system, except when using SSDs exclusively as SSD Read Cache. See the following table for examples:

Snapshot and Volume Copy

• All MSA 2060 arrays come standard with 64 snaps.
• A 512 Snapshot license is available as an option on the MSA 2060.
• 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 Support Plus or SupportPlus24 Service options. The hardware warranty component of these services is accounted for in the pricing of the SP and SP24 Service options.

Remote Snap

HPE MSA Remote Snap Software is array-based functionality that provides remote replication between HPE MSA arrays. 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.

• MSA Remote Snaps are used to determine the data to be replicated using the differences in snapshots on the primary volume, minimizing the amount of data to be transferred.
• MSA 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 create 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 compared to the point-in-time image taken during the previous replication and the changes are 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 target sites.
• 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 2060 and MSA 2062 or MSA 1060 arrays using the virtual storage architecture and licensed for Remote Snap with the Advanced Data Services LTU.
• 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.
• 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.
• With the improved disaster recovery features of the MSA 1060, MSA 2060 and MSA 2062, you can failover to the secondary / remote volume or volume group, map the secondary volume or volume group for access, then, when the primary array has recovered, failback to the primary volume or volume group, with the option to incorporate changes made to the secondary volume or volume group back to the primary volume or volume group.
• Another improvement in Remote Snap with the MSA 1060, MSA 2060 and MSA 2062 is the ability to reverse the direction of the replication set

Notes: 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.

HPE OneView for VMware vCenter

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 Primera Storage, 3PAR Storage, Nimble Storage, 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 MSC (My Software Center).

vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI)

The vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) is one of the storage application programming interfaces (API) in vSphere. VAAI is an API storage partners can leverage to enhance performance of virtual machine (VM) management operations by delegating these operations to the storage array. With hardware offload, ESX/ESXi hosts perform certain operations faster and consume less server CPU and memory resources, as well as storage port and storage fabric bandwidth. VAAI includes high performance and scalable VM data path primitives.

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

HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software

HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software is a virtualization software solution that allows customers to provision and manage KVM and VMware-based VMs from a single intuitive interface. The solution comes with the KVM-based HVM hypervisor that is enhanced to include enterprise-grade cluster management with capabilities such as high availability, live compute and storage migration, distributed workload placement, integrated data protection, secure hardening, and external storage support. To enable flexibility for those continuing to host VMware-based applications, VM Essentials can also be used to connect to and manage existing VMware clusters. This means unified management and simple VM provisioning across both the HVM hypervisor and VMware ESXi™ so you can provision workloads on demand to the right environment, on your terms, with zero lock-in. When you’re ready, you can use the included toolset to convert existing VMware images to VM Essentials.

Please review the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software QuickSpecs for further details.

HPE MSA Gen6 Storage is now fully qualified for use with HPE Morpheus VM Essential Software.

Please visit the HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software Compatibility Matrix for further details on supported server, storage, and software platforms.

LDAP Support

LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an IP network. LDAP provides the ability to authenticate MSA users with a central directory.

• Domain or Directory Credentials are not stored on the MSA for authentication – avoids a security issue.
• Once user groups are configured on all MSAs in your organization, users can be authenticated on any MSA through the Active Directory.
• Uses an LDAP implementation to authenticate users with a Windows Active Directory.
• The MSA CLI and SMU will allow the configuration of new LDAP users groups into the MSA security scheme (manage vs monitor users, interface restrictions Web/CLI/FTP).
• Ability to authenticate Local or LDAP users.

I/O Workload Functionality

A beneficial user interface element called “I/O Workload” is included in the MSA web browser (SMU v4). The MSA array controllers keep track of a substantial amount of data pertaining to the I/O dynamics at a logical page level (4MB chunks). From this data, it is possible to provide some visibility to what percentage of I/Os are being processed by what percent of the overall array’s capacity across a 7-day timeline. While some workloads have “transient” data access patterns, many workloads have steady access patterns on small portions of the array’s capacity. This produces “hot” pages in the array which remain hot a large amount of the array’s uptime. Users would see substantial benefits if these pages could be served from the fastest media in the array (ideally SSDs). As has been described in the MSA’s tiering functionality, the MSA array’s tiering engine will work to position the hottest pages on the fastest media at any given time.

The new I/O Workload graph will show a line labeled Capacity and a line plot for each selected workload percentage (100%, 80%, or Other% value). Below are two examples of user scenarios where the I/O Workload Graph might be useful and how to utilize the data the graph provides.

• New User or SSD Installation.
• Once the MSA array is installed and has had workloads running against it for a week’s time, the I/O Workload data will give a representation of what Capacity is servicing 100% of I/O and 80% of I/O. Users may select a custom % value if desired. In a new installation or in an installation with no SSD tier installed, the 80% line is a reasonable starting point for an SSD tier. Based on SSD RAID settings, customers can then calculate a good starting point with regard to SSD tier sizing based on that week’s workload. While not a hard fast rule, it is a good starting point. These values should also be compared to the Best Practices “rule of thumb” which suggests that 5-15% of the array’s capacity should be SSDs for tiered solutions.
• Users with existing SSD tiering or read caching installed and running.
• For arrays running with SSDs installed (tiered or read cache), the I/O Workload graph will have a dotted line which shows the installed SSD capacity. The I/O Workload graphs can be checked periodically to see where the 80% I/O line is with regard to the SSD capacity line. While there are no hard and fast rules which indicate good/bad situations, users can use the graph with other system performance tools to better understand specific dynamics of their installation and the normal dynamics of a system in the day-to-day activities for a specific environment.

Interpreting the I/O Workload graphs allows users to strike a balance between the SSD costs versus performance benefits. For example, some customers may be willing to have a couple of days where peak usage is far above the SSD capacity line as it may be acceptable to have slower performance as the system uses HDDs for a larger percentage of the workload I/O. This may be perfectly acceptable for systems sized to optimize $/TB due to budget constraints. Other users may want to optimize the system such that a sizeable percentage of daily I/O have the opportunity to reside on SSD media (sized to 80% or 90%). When combined with other performance monitoring tools, the new I/O Workload function gives users some representation as to how the workloads and the MSA are working together in a user’s real-world environment.

Protect your data with HPE MSA Storage and Veeam Backup & Replication

Together, HPE and Veeam help you safeguard your data to ensure it's always on, always protected and that your enterprise can rapidly and easily recover should a situation arise - from human error to a malicious attack. And now, HPE MSA Storage is certified as a Backup Repository to provide seamless protection and Instant VM Recovery. Veeam Backup & Replication provides a single management console to orchestrate the protection of virtual servers, physical machines and cloud-based workloads. Due to the extraordinary ratio of cost to capacity and performance offered by HPE MSA Storage, Veeam Back & Replication with HPE MSA Storage makes the perfect solution to modernize your backup strategy and protect your data from disaster.

Key features of Veeam Backup and Replication:

• Image-level VM backups: Create application-consistent backups with advanced application-aware processing.
• Higher data availability with efficient movement of backup copies offsite for disaster recovery
• Unify management of protection of physical and cloud environments
• Scale-out Backup Repository: Create a single virtual pool of backup storage to which backups can be assigned, offering the freedom to easily extend backup storage capacity.
• SureBackup: Automatically tests and verifies every backup and every VM for recoverability.
• Image-based VM replication with WAN acceleration: Get backups off site up to 50x faster than non-accelerated traffic and save bandwidth for offsite for disaster recovery (DR).
• Direct Storage Access: Perform vSphere backups faster and with reduced impact by backing up via Direct SAN Access and Direct NFS Access.
• Instant VM Recovery: Restore access to a failed VM in less than two minutes while the full restore is executed in parallel.
• Native tape support: Store entire VM backups or individual files on HPE StoreEver with direct restore from tape.
• SureReplica: Automatically test and verify every VM replica for recoverability.

For more details on Veeam Backup & Replication see the Veeam Backup & Replication web pages.

HPE Zerto

HPE MSA Storage users can leverage HPE Zerto Virtual Replication to replicate applications and data from one MSA array to another MSA array. Popular use cases include departmental MSA storage replicated to enterprise storage, enterprise storage replicated into MSA array, or protect MSA workloads into the cloud.

Zerto operates on the hypervisor level and includes orchestration and automation built-in to enable faster recovery of workloads (RTO in minutes) at much lower Recovery Point Objective (RPO of seconds) available through other data protection tools like backup. Zerto is also a workload mobility tool and allows IT to confidently move workloads and data across heterogeneous storage or cloud.

Ordering, configuring and installing Zerto is simple. Zerto is licensed by the number of Virtual Machines that are being protected or moved. For mobility use cases, order the appropriate number of migration licenses needed. For replication use cases, order the appropriate quantity of Zerto Virtual Replication licenses using a combination of the tiered licenses plus the corresponding maintenance part numbers. The license is independent of source and target array size, type or capacity being replicated. See the HPE Zerto QuickSpecs for a complete list of part numbers. A corresponding MSA Advanced Data Services LTU is not required for data replication when using Zerto Virtual Replication. An MSA Advanced Data Services LTU would be required if deploying MSA array-based replication.

Zerto installs as a virtual machine under VMware or Hyper-V or in the Cloud as a VM in AWS and Azure in minutes Zerto does not install any components in the guest operating system and does not depend on any specific configuration of the storage or use MSA array or VMware snapshots to replicate and recover applications.

Review the HPE Zerto quickspec for more information.

HPE MSA Health Check Tool

MSA Health Check is a cloud-based tool that provides users insight into the general health of their MSA array. The tool uses a powerful rules-based analytics engine which can predict failures before they happen. The MSA Health Check tool performs a full sweep of analytics and checking thousands of data points from sensors inside the MSA array. The analytics engine will pick up common failure signatures and check against MSA best practices producing a simple, easy to digest PDF report with status and suggested courses of action to correct anything found in the scan. The tool is free of charge to HPE MSA customers. The MSA Health Check tool is supported across all current MSA 1060/2060/2062 arrays as well as the prior three generations of arrays (MSA P2000 G3, MSA 1040/2040/2042 and MSA 1050/2050/2052).

The tool is available immediately at: http://www.hpe.com/storage/MSAHealthCheck .

For more information on how to use HPE MSA Health Check, please review the HPE MSA Health Check User Guide .

TAA Compliance

HPE MSA Gen6 offers multiple TAA-compliant Storage Array models. While offering the same base features as all other non-TAA models, MSA Gen6TAA-compliant Storage Arrays also include a bundled 6-pack of SED/TAA HDDs – see the “Step 1: MSA 2060 Base Configurations” section for further details. Additional storage capacity can be added to the Storage Array by selecting from HPE MSA’s portfolio of SED/TAA compliant drives – see the “Step 3: Select Your Drives” section for further details on available drive options.

Additionally, MSA Gen6 customers can also add up to (9) TAA-compliant MSA 2060 LFF or SFF Drive Enclosures to each Storage Array. Each TAA-compliant Drive Enclosure must be added at the time of initial configuration via HPE CTO integration services. TAA-compliant MSA 2060 Drive Enclosures also include a bundled 6-pack of SED/TAA HDDs – see the “Step 4: Options” section for further details. Additional storage capacity can be added to each Drive Enclosure by selecting from HPE MSA’s portfolio of SED/TAA compliant drives – see the “Step 3: Select Your Drives” section for further details on available drive options.

ENERGY STAR Certification

The HPE MSA 2060 SAN Storage systems are ENERGY STAR certified. ENERGY STAR certified products are energy efficient resulting in cost savings via reduced energy consumption and regulatory rebates. Please refer to the US EPA website for details on ENERGY STAR certification criteria and process. MSA 2060 ENERGY STAR Certification is listed on the EPA website.

NEBS Certification

When used in conjunction with specific Storage SFF SAS drives and the MSA 2060 764W -48VDC Hot Plug Power Supply Kit (R0Q90A), the HPE MSA 2060 16Gb FC SFF Storage (R0Q74A/R0Q74B) and MSA 2060 12Gb SAS SFF Storage (R0Q78A/R0Q78B) arrays are certified compliant with GR-63-Core (Issue 5) and GR-1089-Core (Issue 7) NEBS criteria. NEBS Certified DC-Power Storage systems are designed for network equipment providers (NEPs) and communication service providers. All NEBS compliant MSA 2060 Storage systems support configurations with up to 9 compliant 2060 SFF Drive Enclosures (R0Q40A/R0Q40B) for a maximum of 240 SFF HDDs or SSDs

MSA 2060 Benchmark Performance Results

The performance figures provided here are for reference as many variables exist between array configurations, workloads, drive types, disk group setup parameters and host system setup.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has traditionally published a set of end-to-end MSA performance specifications that are fed into HPE Sizer tools which are based on conservative real-world configurations. For consistency, the MSA performance numbers have been documented in both Benchmark and End-to-End Performance tables. These numbers are subject to change without notice