For fast growing small or medium businesses MSA70 can scale to multiple Terabytes, by adding additional drive bays. This enclosure is designed to support the 2.5” hard drive supporting the mixing of SAS and SATA drives in the same enclosure. Configuration and setup is easy with HP Array Configuration Utility (ACU). The 2U storage supports direct attach storage to HP ProLiant and HP Integrity Servers. Enclosures can be cascaded in a 1+1 configuration allowing a maximum of 50 drives in a 4U configuration behind each of the two external ports on the HP Smart Array P800 or the HP Smart Array E500 Controller for a total of 100 drives in 4 enclosures. Behind the single external port on the HP Smart Array P600 Controller or the HP SC44G3 Host Bus Adapter, 1+1 cascading allows a maximum of 50 drives in a 4U configuration.

Add a second I/O Module and transition from single domain to dual domain for higher levels of redundancy and reliability reducing or eliminating single points of failure within your storage network. The addition of the I/O Module with the HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter adds support for Multi-Initiator JBOD Clusters. This will support HP-UX and OpenVMS on HP Integrity servers only (no ProLiant support). Support for HP Serviceguard software is on HP-UX with HPUX 11iv2 and 11iv3 only.

• Creates redundant pathways from servers to storage devices to reduce or eliminate single points of failure within the storage network, providing increased levels of high availability with redundant paths from the controller to the drives
• Adds support for Multi-Initiator JBOD Clusters. I/O Module Option with the HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter will support HP-UX and OpenVMS on selected HP Integrity Servers only
• Support for HP Serviceguard software on HP-UX with HP-UX 11iv2 and 11iv3 only.

• Affordability: MSA70 provides end-to-end SAS host modular flexible platform in a high capacity 2U disk drive external direct storage system.
• Flexibility: 2U SFF SAS/SATA allows customer choice. Extends the benefit of tiered storage to direct attach customers.
• Investment protection: Modular platform allows customers to purchase based on current need and future growth, no hidden management charges.
• Simplicity - Manageability: Manage the array with the highly refined HP Systems Insight Manager.
• Cascadeability: Up to 2 enclosures can be connected together to form a single controller port. Grow storage capacity easily.
• Reliability: Hot plug compatibility: can add or replace hard drives without service disruption.
  RAID levels provide various levels of data protection and availability. RAID level choices provide flexibility. RAID 6 with ADG provides additional level reliability.
• HP Portfolio – end-to-end solution: HP offers a complete portfolio of SAS storage enclosure, Smart Array Controllers and HP ProLiant and HP Integrity Servers for end-to-end solution leading the competition.
• Agility - Supports both SAS and SATA drives: Flexibility to mix and match SAS/SATA drives in the same enclosure. Extends benefit of tiered storage to direct attach customers.
• Dual Domain: Provides higher levels of redundancy and reliability reducing or eliminating single points of failure within a storage network
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, 6 with ADG (dependent on Smart Array Controller used): RAID levels provide various levels of data protection and availability. RAID level choices provide flexibility. RAID 6 with ADG provides additional level reliability.