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46TB of flash arrives with the P79246-B25: twelve 3.84 TB Read Intensive SAS 12G SSDs in an HPE MSA 2070 SFF array with two 4-port 32Gb Fibre Channel controllers. A 4-pack of 32Gb SFP transceivers is part of the bundle.
Smart Choice bundles are assembled and tested at the HPE factory. Here the drives form a single pool, the power supplies reach 94%% efficiency under EU Lot 9, and the controllers share eight Fibre Channel host ports and 48 GB of cache.
The chassis is a 2U unit with 24 SFF bays, and capacity can be raised with the R3R30A MSA 3.84 TB SAS 12G Read Intensive SFF SSD or the Smart Choice 6-pack P88912-B25. Up to nine drive enclosures connect over 12 Gb SAS, and drives are limited to 240 SFF across the whole array. Drive enclosure S1H55A holds 24 SFF drives and S1H54A holds 12 LFF drives.
Supported hosts include HPE ProLiant DL and ML servers; other HPE servers depend on the operating system and HBA entry in HPE SPOCK. Related storage is in the HPE storage system category.
| Part number | P79246-B25 |
| Type | HPE Smart Choice MSA 2070 SFF all-flash storage array, 46TB |
| Controllers | 2 x 4-port, 32Gb Fibre Channel |
| Drives included | 12 x 3.84 TB SAS 12G Read Intensive SFF SSD, factory configured into a single pool |
| Transceivers included | 1 x 4-pack of 32Gb SFP FC |
| Power | 94% efficient supplies meeting EU Lot 9 |
| Form factor | 2U, 24 SFF bays |
| Host ports | 8 per array |
| Cache | 48 GB data (read/write) cache plus system memory per array |
| Maximum drives | 240 SFF (array plus 9 drive enclosures) |
| Capacity options | single SSD R3R30A; Smart Choice 6-pack P88912-B25 |
| Compatible with | HPE ProLiant DL and ML servers; other HPE servers by operating system and HBA pairing in HPE SPOCK |
