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Capacity
Single Enclosure and
Maximum Additional Drive
Enclosures
LFF:
96 TB (single LFF array-head -using 12 x 8TB LFF SAS MDL drives)
768 TB (by adding 7 LFF Disk Enclosures behind LFF Array & using 8TB LFF SAS MDL drives)
SFF:
43 TB (single SFF array-head - using 24 x 1.8TB SFF SAS drives)
358 TB (by adding 7 SFF Disk Enclosures behind SFF Array & using 1.8TB SFF SAS drives)
NOTE: maximum available storage capacity depends on the RAID level being implemented
Total LUNs
(LUN size are dependent
of the storage
architecture: Linear vs.
Virtualized)
512
maximum LUN size: 128TB
Thin Provisioning allows you to create the LUNs independent of the physical storage
MSA 2040 SAN controller will support up to four connections with options of 16Gb, 8Gb FC and 10GbE,
1GbE iSCSI per controller. See table above for valid configuration table.
MSA 2040 SAS controller will support up to four 6Gb/12Gb SAS connections per controller using mini-
SAS HD cables
Maximum Drives
w/ expansion
Remote Snap (linear storage only)
Max Snapshot (512)
MSA 2040 SAN controller supports 8Gb FC, 16Gb FC, 1GbE iSCSI or 10GbE iSCSI SFPs.
MSA 2040 SAS controller supports 6Gb and 12Gb SAS host connectivity using mini-SAS HD cables.
2U rack height. 12 Large Form Factor or 24 Small Form Factor drive bays, accommodating SSD (available
only for Small Form Factor), SAS, SEDs and SAS Midline drives. Comes with space for one or two controllers
The MSA 2040 controllers support both the MSA 3.5-inch Large Form Factor (LFF) drives, and the MSA 2.5-
inch Small Form Factor (SFF) drives.
Solid State Drives (SSDs) deliver exceptional performance for applications requiring high random
read IOPs performance (available only for Small Form Factor).
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enterprise-class drives are designed for high demand, 24x7 usage.
SAS Midline drives are usually reserved for archival of data as they are relatively inexpensive and
are available in very large capacities.
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