Specification Sheet

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HP MSA P2000 G3 Modular Smart Array Systems
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NOTE: P2000 and MSA2 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) drives are for use only in the P2000 G3 or
MSA2000 models. The 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) drives are supported only with the P2000 G3
or the MSA2300 G2 controllers and are Storage hot-plug 2.5-inch drives.
Optional Disk enclosures
Just as the user has a choice of chassis for the array head (LFF and SFF drive bays, AC or DC powered),
so also do they have a choice of expansion disk enclosures accommodating either drive size. Both the
P2000 and the D2700 disk enclosures can be hot-added to an operating array.
(NOTE: these are not supported as part of a NEBS-certified configuration with the MSA Carrier Grade
Chassis. There is a certified JBOD listed in the Carrier-grade section)
P2000 3.5-inch drive enclosure. This 2U storage enclosure (AJ941A) is designed to support twenty
five Storage 2.5-inch Universal form factor (SFF) 6Gb SAS or SATA hard drives. It ships standard with
dual I/O modules installed.
 This 3.5-inch drive enclosure can be attached to either the P2000 G3 FC or SAS LFF or SFF
array head.
 Each configured model ships standard with two .5m mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables for
cascading to other P2000 drive enclosures
 Up to seven P2000 3.5-inch enclosures can be attached to a P2000 G3 FC, FC/iSCSI Combo, or
SAS controller in the array head.
D2700 2.5-inch drive enclosure. This 2U storage enclosure (AJ941A) is designed to support twenty
five ProLiant 2.5-inch Universal form factor (SFF) 6Gb SAS or SATA hard drives. It ships standard with
dual I/O modules installed.
 This 2.5-inch drive enclosure can be attached to a P2000 G3 controller (SFF or LFF) array head
 The D2700 enclosure ships with a two .5m miniSAS to miniSAS cable.
 Up to five D2700 may be attached to the P2000 G3 array head, given total support for 149
SFF drives.
Scalability
The P2000 G3 FC, Combo FC/iSCSI, SAS, 1 Gb or 10GbE iSCSI controllers are designed to allow an
installation to begin with smaller capacity and be able to grow gradually as needed. The flexibility of
SAS or SATA drive technology, form factors, sizes, speeds, and costs per GB allows a system to easily
fit in almost any budget.
 Large Form Factor configurations can scale up to 7.2 TB SAS, 72 TB SAS MDL or 24 TB SATA,
expandable to 57.6 TB SAS, 576 TB SAS MDL or 192 TB SATA with the addition of a maximum
of seven P2000 3.5-inch Drive Enclosures.
 Small Form Factor configurations can scale from 21.6 TB SAS, 24 TB SAS MDL or 12 TB SATA
MDL. With the addition of five D2700 JBODs, the P2000 G3 can support 134 TB SAS, 149 TB
SAS MDL or 74.5 TB SATA MDL.
 Users may configure a 24-drive P2000 G3 SFF array head with 12-drive LFF P2000 3.5-inch
disk enclosures. This is an excellent method for a configuration that supports fast SFF
enterprise-class SAS drives in the array head, combined with economical LFF drives staged for
archival purposes, all in the same array.
 Qualification of larger capacity drives is ongoing.