The HP 50 Modular Smart Array (MSA50) Enclosure is a 1U Serial Attach SCSI(SAS) disk drive storage enclosure supporting Small
Form Factor(SFF) SAS or Serial ATA(SATA) drives. This enclosure delivers industry-leading data performance, availability, storage
density, and upgradeability to meet customers' demanding and growing storage needs. The all new SFF drive carrier is designed to
support the new Universal form factor hard drive in either SAS or SATA. This new form factor provides optimized performance per U
of space while delivering unparalleled power consumption. The MSA50 enclosure supports direct attach storage to HP ProLiant and
Integrity Servers. The MSA50 supports the cascading of shelves in a 1+1 configuration to allow a maximum of 20 SFF drives in a 2U
configuration attached to a single controller port. This single controller port incorporates four lanes for a total max throughput of
12Gb/s for SAS.
1. Expansion slot for potential future second I/O
6. Power button/LED
2. Fan
7. UID button/LED
3. Hot-plug power supply
8. Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive bays
4. Hot-plug power supply
9. Access panel
5. I/O module
QuickSpecs
HP 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure
HP 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure
HP 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure
HP 50 Modular Smart Array Enclosure
Overview
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