The speed and performance of HPE MSA are admirable. I found that its scalability benefited my organization, especially in larger settings. While the price is not reasonable, its performance makes up for it. Additionally, the licensing costs are consistent with most brands. Compared to Huawei, however, I found that Huawei's processing power, performance, and cost were more advantageous. View full review »

HPE MSA is a very flexible array because we can add more enclosures and extend the capacity dynamically.

In terms of disaster recovery, we can define global spares in HPE MSA. When one disk fails, a global spare is automatically allocated to that particular disk, which saves the data.

It has a very user-friendly interface that enables configuration, administration, and troubleshooting to be done easily.

It is the most cost-effective storage array and requires minimal maintenance with low downtime, making it suitable for SMB users.

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The solution is scalable and easy to manage.

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MSA performs exceptionally well, particularly in regions with frequent power outages. It reliably restarts without issues after shutdowns caused by power interruptions, such as when a UPS depletes its battery or a generator fails to start.

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Generally, HPE MSA has improved my storage management. It has notably provided scalability benefits.

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HPE offers the flexibility of the ports in terms of connection using iSAPI, private channels, or anything else.

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The most valuable feature for customers is the autonomic tiering, which enhances their storage scalability as easily as possible. 

Additionally, the MSA DBplus is a very good option for customers to scale their storage. MSA is cheap and scalable compared to other solutions, making it a solid and cost-effective choice.

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The most valuable feature of HPE StorageWorks MSA is its flexibility. I appreciate the range of options for power supplies, CPUs, and fast 10-gigabit network connections, including both optical and Ethernet. This flexibility allows me to configure the system according to specific needs, with various options for internet ports.

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Monitoring is a very big thing. Other great features include block storage; volume creation and the data reliability scalability, which makes the solution really good.

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HPE StorageWorks MSA is an entry-level, cost-effective solution for SMB customers. Compared to other solutions like Nimble, EVA, and 3PAR, there are not many features in HPE StorageWorks MSA. HPE StorageWorks MSA is a straightforward storage.

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The most valuable features are the storage levels and snapshot features.

We also use some of the other common features like zoning control, IO metering, and input/output control. 

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I like StorageWorks' snapshots for our backup system. We had a pool of SSD and traditional drives. StorageWorks has a feature that transfers the hot data to high-performing drives. 

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The solution is pretty transparent and works well. 

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The solution is very easy to use, it is not really complex for any user, such as non-technical individuals. We have found it simple to guide our customers when needed. The interface is user-friendly and it is not difficult to configure.

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The solution's most valuable aspect, for our organization, is its stability.

The product is very easy to deploy.

We've found that the solution overall offers very simple management capabilities.

The monitoring capabilities of the product are very good.

The integration capacity is excellent. We were able to easily integrate the solution with both Microsoft and Linux operating systems. 

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Relating to MSA storage, the simple configuration feature is great. It is very simple, allowing you to set up MSA very easily.

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The most valuable features were the dual controllers and being able to expand it.

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The one feature we value most about HPE StorageWorks MSA is stability.

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I guess you'd say it is very durable and reliable, so we use these products in each of our areas. Our company is divided up into different smaller areas, and we use the MSAs to do our data storage and such.

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It's a fairly simple product to set up as well, but it's a little bit more entry level; for those customers that can't afford something larger or whatnot, but would still like to get that shared storage or that SAN functionality. It's a great product for that. They're actually adding a lot of new features to it. It's not as dumb as it used to be. As long as you have a basic knowledge of SANs and whatnot, you can get around it without a problem.

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• Data progression!
• Volume draining.
• Dual controllers.

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The price point's really good for us. At our remote locations, we've been putting MSAs from 1st generation all the way up to the 2040's. We've been very happy with the product, and have had good luck with them as far as not having any issues.

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We use the MSA outside of our data center. It's a nice robust platform that we can use without buying a whole enterprise SAN, so it gives us the flexibility we need.

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Easy to manage, it’s reliable for us, and fits our environment. Also, support is available when we need it. It’s just been very solid for us.

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The most valuable features are data deduplication and snapshot replication.

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