HPE MSA 2060 vs NetApp E-Series E4000
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE MSA 2060 is a flash-ready hybrid storage array engineered to provide affordable application acceleration for small and medium businesses (SMB) and branch office deployments. The NetApp E4000 is an entry enterprise block storage array designed for remote locations, dedicated industrial video recording, and small business data protection.
| HPE MSA 2060 | NetApp E-Series E4000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | NetApp |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Sep 2020 | Apr 2023 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | Dual Active/Active ASIC-accelerated Storage Controllers | — |
| Memory slots | — | — |
| Memory type | 12GB System Cache per Controller (24GB total per array) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 24 | — |
| Drive bays | 2U24 SFF or 2U12 LFF base chassis; supports up to 9 drive expansion enclosures (up to 240 SFF or 120 LFF drives) | Available as 12-drive 3.5-inch or 24-drive 2.5-inch 2U chassis, expandable to 120 drives |
| Pcie slots | — | — |
| Gpu support | — | — |
| Network onboard | 4 host ports per controller (8 ports total): 16Gb Fibre Channel, 10GbE iSCSI, or 12Gb SAS | — |
| Raw capacity | Up to 921TB SFF or 2.16PB LFF raw capacity with expansion enclosures | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant 580W hot-plug AC power supplies | — |
| Controller configuration | — | Dual active-active controllers in 2U enclosure (12 LFF or 24 SFF) |
| Processor | — | Intel processors per controller |
| Memory | — | 32GB system memory per HA pair with cache protection |
| Supported drives | — | 12Gb SAS SSDs, 10K SAS HDDs, and 7.2K NL-SAS HDDs |
| Maximum raw capacity | — | Up to 2.4PB raw per HA pair |
| Host connectivity | — | Onboard 10GBase-T and HIC slots for 32Gb/16Gb FC, 25GbE, 10GbE, and 12Gb SAS |
| Storage protocols | — | FC, iSCSI, SAS |
| Clustering | — | Dual active-active controller HA pair |
| Management | — | NetApp SANtricity OS |
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