HPE MSA 2050 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem D1224 Drive Enclosure
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE MSA 2050 is a 2U hybrid and all-flash SAN array delivering over 200,000 IOPS for small-to-midsize business application consolidation. The Lenovo ThinkSystem D1224 is a 2U direct-attached 24-drive small form factor (2.5-inch) storage expansion enclosure.
| HPE MSA 2050 | Lenovo ThinkSystem D1224 Drive Enclosure | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-sale | current |
| Released | Jul 2017 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack enterprise SAN | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 2U rack mount (12 LFF or 24 SFF) | — |
| Controllers | Dual active-active converged controllers with 16GB total system cache | — |
| Host ports | 4 ports per controller (16Gb/8Gb FC or 10GbE/1GbE iSCSI SFP+) | — |
| Performance | Up to 200,000 IOPS | — |
| Max drives | Up to 192 SFF or 96 LFF drives with seven disk enclosures | — |
| Data protection | 512 snapshots included standard with asynchronous remote replication | — |
| Enclosure type | — | 2U 24-drive Small Form Factor (SFF 2.5-inch) drive enclosure |
| Drive bays | — | 24x 2.5-inch hot-swap 12Gb SAS SSD/HDD bays |
| Interface modules | — | Dual ESMs each equipped with three 12Gb Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) ports |
| Compatibility | — | Compatible with ThinkSystem DE series arrays and ThinkSystem rack/tower servers |
| Redundancy | — | Dual active-active SAS data paths with redundant power and cooling |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant hot-swap 580W AC power supplies |
| Management | — | In-band SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) |
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