HPE MSA 2040 vs NetApp FAS Series FAS2554
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 NetApp FAS2554 was a 4U entry hybrid storage system housing 24 internal 3.5-inch large form factor drives in a dual-controller enclosure.
| HPE MSA 2040 | NetApp FAS Series FAS2554 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | May 2013 | Jun 2014 |
| Form factor | 2U rack enterprise SAN | 4U rack |
| Form factor | 2U 12-drive LFF or 24-drive SFF chassis | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active controllers (8GB total cache with supercap protection) | — |
| 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 | — |
| Raid support | RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual controllers in 4U enclosure |
| Processor | — | Intel multi-core processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 36GB system memory per HA pair with NVRAM |
| Drive bays | — | Up to 24x internal 3.5-inch 6Gb SAS drives, expandable to 144 drives with DS4246 shelves |
| Supported drives | — | 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 576TB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | UTA2 ports supporting 16Gb/8Gb FC or 10GbE, plus 1GbE ports |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB |
| Clustering | — | Up to 24 nodes (12 HA pairs) |
| Management | — | NetApp Clustered Data ONTAP |
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