HPE MSA Gen6

A powerful evolution in storage performance

Enterprise-level storage at a lower cost

Are you looking to take your customers’ storage to the next level? Do they need an enterprise-grade performance boost that doesn’t cost the earth? The all-new HPE MSA Gen6 is here, and it’s packed full of powerful new features capable of transforming your customers’ storage.

Featuring dual controller architecture with two-pool, active-active design, a brand new Gen6 RAID acceleration ASIC, and up to 325k IOPS, the MSA Gen6 can deliver enhanced resiliency, application availability, and up to a 50% performance improvement compared to HPE MSA Gen5.

The HPE MSA Gen6 family is perfect for customers who need simple, fast, affordable storage that can scale to meet the most demanding requirements.

Simplicity, speed and scalability as standard

HPE MSA Gen6 is easy to install, use, and maintain, absolutely no previous storage expertise is required, which makes it perfect for those customers’ with no dedicated IT department. It comes with an updated management dashboard featuring a simplified user interface and guided workflows, making setup and control easier than ever before.

With the HPE MSA Advanced Data Services, your customers can take advantage of the new automated tiering engine, which is 45% faster than previous generations. This feature automatically responds to changes in I/O in real-time and delivers application acceleration to EVERY workload.

What is more, the HPE MSA Gen6 is designed with a flexible, modular architecture which can support a wide range of media and facilitate both LFF and SFF expansion for future growth.

Accelerate EVERY workload

Automated performance tiering responds to I/O changes in real-time to deliver up to 45% more workload application acceleration*.


* compared to HPE MSA Gen 5

Incredible performance at a lower cost

The new Gen6 RAID acceleration ASIC. Improves system performance by as much as 50%*.


* compared to HPE MSA Gen 5

Simplified user interface and guided workflows

Access to critical system information and step-by-step guided workflows to help eliminate errors and improve the user experience.

Scalable capacity, dynamic workloads

A flexible, modular architecture can support a wide range of media and facilitate both LFF and SFF expansion for future growth.

HPE MSA models

Flash-ready hybrid storage systems designed to deliver simple, powerful, and affordable application acceleration for demanding SMB workloads.

MSA 1060

Low-cost, entry-level SAN storage

  • Max four shelves (1+3)
  • 150k RR IOPS (max)
  • 6GB/s sequential

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MSA 2060

Flexible, high performance storage

  • Encrypted storage solution
  • Max ten shelves (1+9)
  • 325k RR IOPS (max)
  • 13GB/s sequential

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MSA 2062

Cost-effective, hybrid storage

  • 3.84TB of SSDs
  • Max ten shelves (1+9)
  • 325k RR IOPS (max)
  • 13GB/s sequential

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The ALSO advantage – HPE MSA storage solutions

ALSO are uniquely positioned to help you configure and deploy HPE MSA storage solutions. Our team of product and sales experts can support you to define and implement the best solutions for your customers.

Support from design to deployment

Our sales and technical teams can advise and support you at every step – whether you handle implementation yourself or use HPE Pointnext.

Local product experts

Our local product experts deliver cutting-edge knowledge and advice on the latest offerings in your country.

Specialist configuration support

Configure HPE MSA storage with specialist support and accessible guidance from ALSO.

Price quote assistance

The ALSO sales team can help you complete your HPE MSA storage quote with friendly, straightforward assistance.

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