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HP StorageWorks MSA2000

Zainal Abidin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:43:45 GMT

Hi,

I have this NAS in client office. But i don't know how to assign space from this NAS to server.

Any guide for manage this storage? Or perhaps tutorial in pdf?

Thank you.
MzarM.

Re: HP StorageWorks MSA2000

Uwe Zessin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:16:14 GMT

The MSA2000 series (which model do you have?) is a "block-server" providing SCSI LUNs via Fibre Channel, iSCSI or SAS (Serial Attached SCSI). They cannot do NAS functions (= network file sharing). For this you need an additional server.

Manuals can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/go/msa

or for the latest:
http://www.hp.com/go/P2000

Re: HP StorageWorks MSA2000

Zainal Abidin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:58:16 GMT

Yes, i know it's not like file sharing. How to use NAS actually? As far as i know it like SAN. Do it have management utility,some sort of software?

Thank you.

Re: HP StorageWorks MSA2000

Uwe Zessin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:08:55 GMT

It *IS* a SAN storage array!
And I have told you that you need an extra server to turn the block-serving into file-serving.

Of course it has a management utility, but there are differences between different models and interconnects.

Re: HP StorageWorks MSA2000

Zainal Abidin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:27:59 GMT

Thank you with your explanation. Now i understand what i need to do.

Re: HP StorageWorks MSA2000

Zainal Abidin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:12:47 GMT

Hi,

I cannot download this software,msa2000_1.25_183.iso.