HPE MSA 1040 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2520
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE MSA 1040 is an entry-level 2U dual-controller shared storage array designed for budget-conscious small and medium businesses. The NetApp FAS2520 was an entry-level 2U LFF hybrid storage system housing 12 internal 3.5-inch SAS drives in a dual-controller enclosure.
| HPE MSA 1040 | NetApp FAS Series FAS2520 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Mar 2014 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | 2U rack entry SAN | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 2U 12-drive LFF or 24-drive SFF chassis | — |
| Controllers | Dual hot-swappable active-active RAID controllers | — |
| Host interfaces | 2-port 8Gb FC, 2-port 1GbE iSCSI, or 2-port 12G SAS per controller | — |
| Cache | 4GB total system cache (2GB per controller) | — |
| Max drives | Up to 99 drives with expansion enclosures | — |
| Raid levels | RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, and 50 | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 2U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel multi-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 36GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Up to 12x internal 3.5-inch 6Gb SAS drives, expandable to 84 drives with DS4246 shelves |
| Supported drives | — | 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 336TB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 10GBase-T and 1GbE ports |
| Storage protocols | — | iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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