HPE MSA 2040 vs IBM Storwize V3700
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE MSA 2040 is an enterprise 2U entry-to-midrange SAN storage system designed for growing virtualization, SQL Server, and Microsoft Exchange deployments. The IBM Storwize V3700 is an entry 2U dual-controller block storage array providing affordable enterprise storage consolidation.
| HPE MSA 2040 | IBM Storwize V3700 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | IBM |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | May 2013 | Nov 2012 |
| Form factor | 2U rack enterprise SAN | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 2U 12-drive LFF or 24-drive SFF chassis | 2U rack |
| Controllers | Dual active-active controllers (8GB total cache with supercap protection) | Dual active-active |
| Host ports | 4 converged SFP+ ports per controller (16Gb FC or 10GbE iSCSI) | — |
| Max drives | Up to 199 SFF or 96 LFF drives with seven expansion shelves | 240 |
| Raid support | RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 | — |
| Cache memory | — | 8GB |
| Host interfaces | — | 8Gb FC, 10Gb/1Gb iSCSI, 6Gb SAS |
| Max raw capacity | — | 960TB |
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