MSA 1040 now comes with enterprise like features such as read cache, thin provisioning, wide striping, redirect on write snapshots, automated tiering and volume tier affinity at the price of entry.
GL220 firmware, which includes the following new features, is now available for download. The very affordable advanced virtualization upgrade license is required to enable the features listed below:
- Virtual tier affinity for prioritizing workloads 
- Remote snap replication support for virtual storage (iSCSI only) 
- Snapshot space management 
- Scheduler for virtual based storage snapshots 
- Large pool capacity support 
- Volume copy for virtual storage 
Introducing support for 12G mixed use Solid State Drives (SSD). SSD support is available with GL220 firmware or newer.
- HPE MSA 400GB 12G SAS mixed use SFF (2.5-inch) 3-year warranty Solid State Drive 
- HPE MSA 800GB 12G SAS mixed use SFF (2.5-inch) 3-year warranty Solid State Drive 
- HPE MSA 1.6TB 12G SAS mixed use SFF (2.5-inch) 3-year warranty Solid State Drive 
- HPE MSA 3.2TB 12G SAS mixed use SFF (2.5-inch) 3-year warranty Solid State Drive 
Automated tiering now available on MSA 1040 with GL220 firmware or newer. Requires advanced virtualization upgrade license. SSD performance tier requires additional performance auto tiering license.
Product features
| Feature | Description | 
|---|---|
| Capacity (Single enclosure and maximum additional drive enclosures)1  | For LFF:  
 For SFF:  
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| Pool capacity2  | 
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| Cache3  | 6GB per controller | 
| Total LUNs (LUN size are dependent of the storage architecture: linear v/s virtualized) | 
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| Host interconnect | 
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| Maximum drives w/3 expansion | 48 LFF/99 SFF | 
| Maximum host supported | 
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| Server compatibility | Supports most HPE ProLiant and BladeSystems including: 
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