topic Re: SDD compatibility with MSA2060 in MSA Storage

SDD compatibility with MSA2060

Roman4711 — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 04:51:37 GMT

are the large SDD with 30TB compatible with MSA as long as they follow 2,5" SFF, 12G SaS 3 standard, or are there special things to regard/observe?For example HPE XP8 30TB SAS 12G SFF (2.5in) SSD. I know it is for the XP8 series, but the technical facts are the same as for MSA2060.

Thank you

Roman

Re: SDD compatibility with MSA2060

ArunKKR — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 17:14:45 GMT

Hi Roman,

From MSA quickspecs sheet:

https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00094629enw.pdf?jumpid=in_pdfviewer-psnow

• MSA Gen 6 HDDs and SSDs are for use with MSA Gen 6 Storage Systems only.
• MSA Gen 6 HDDs and SSDs are not compatible with prior generation MSA Storage Systems
• Prior Generation of MSA HDDs and SSDs are not compatible with MSA Gen 6 Storage Systems.

Drive Capacities
SFF SSDs 960GB, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 7.68TB
LFF SSD 1.92TB
SFF HDDs 15K: 900GB
10K: 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB, 2.4TB
LFF HDDs 7.2K: 6TB, 8TB, 10TB, 12TB, 14TB, 16TB, 18TB, 20TB

Maximum capacity of SFF HDD listed in quickspecs sheet is 2.4TB.

MSA G6 arrays use unique hard drive caddys.

Using non MSA hard drives is not supported on G6 arrays.

For MSA 2060, 2062, and 1060, all drives list the “M2” descriptor in the Description field. M2 stands for MSA 2nd generation carrier.

Re: SDD compatibility with MSA2060

Roman4711 — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 19:42:00 GMT

Thank you for your valuable answer.

I am a bit puzzled, today I found on the german HPE Homepage
<>
HPE MSA 23 TB leseintensive SAS-SSD 12G SFF (2,5 Zoll) M2 3 Jahre Garantie, 6-er-Pack SSD Bundle
<>SKU-Nr.S2E45A
And
HPE MSA 11,5 TB leseintensive SAS-SSD 12G SFF (2,5 Zoll) M2 3 Jahre Garantie, 6-er-Pack SSD Bundle
SKU-Nr. S2E44A
This is against what you are stating. Can you please explain this?

Best regards

Roman4711

Re: SDD compatibility with MSA2060

ArunKKR — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:16:09 GMT

Hi,
The values mentioned are total storage capacity of 6 pack SSD hard drive bundle. 6 x 3.84TB and 6 X 1.92TB