Marketing description

How can the flexibility of the HPE P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems help remedy large storage needs and small budgets By offering high-performance 10 GbE iSCSI connected arrays designed for efficient storage consolidation at affordable prices. All P2000 G3 MSA Arrays ship standard with 64 Snapshots and Volume Copy enabled for increased data protection. The arrays allow departments and small to medium businesses to grow capacity as needed up to 149 drives. Mixing of SFF enterprise-class SAS and archival-class SATA drives is supported. Configure with dual controllers for high availability for the most demanding entry-level situations.

Product features

• Easily managed, highly affordable, highly efficient and flexible storage consolidation
  The HPE P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems deliver low cost, consolidated storage array solutions to meet departmental and small to medium businesses requirements with 10 GbE iSCSI systems accommodating SFF SAS, SAS MDL, and SATA MDL drives. It offers dual controllers for higher data protection. The HPE P2000 G3 MSA Array Systems offer a choice of drives: high performance enterprise class dual-ported SAS drives and low cost, high capacity SAS MDL, or archival class SATA MDL drives. The array head comes with 24 drive bays able to simultaneously accommodate all three drive types. The P2000 G3 MSA comes standard with 64 snapshot and Volume Copy cloning capability enabled.
• Start small and grow in number of supported servers and total capacity - adaptable to changing needs
  The P2000 G3 MSA arrays can support 5 SFF enclosures and a maximum of 149 drives. Powerful controllers and 2 GB of read/write cache each provide support for up to 64 hosts. 10 GbE iSCSI technology means that the users will have fast, reliable, and affordable access to their data. With 512 LUNs and greater than 40 TB LUN size depending on the RAID chosen, the P2000 G3 MSA arrays have more than sufficient LUN flexibility for a wide variety of configuration choices.
• Comprehensive data protection in an easily administered san environment
  Reduce risk of IT failure with dual active/active controllers, dual-ported drives, and redundant hardware components. For increased data protection the P2000 G3 MSA comes standard with 64 Snapshot and Volume Copy software, giving space-efficient, copy-on-write snapshots and clones. Reduced time to operation with easy and secure deployment. Reduced risk from operator errors, resulting in less downtime and data loss, while increasing customer satisfaction. Supports customer replaceable hot-plug components such as drives, disk enclosures, controllers, fans and power supplies.