HPE MSA 2060 16Gb Fibre Channel LFF Storage – R0Q73B, with dual 4-port 16Gb Fibre Channel controllers, 12 × LFF 3.5-inch drive bays, dual-controller architecture and redundant power supplies.
The HPE MSA 2060 16Gb Fibre Channel LFF Storage (R0Q73B) is a 2U Gen6 Fibre Channel SAN storage array with a Large Form Factor chassis, 12 × LFF drive bays, and dual 4-port 16Gb Fibre Channel controllers. It is designed for virtualization, databases, application storage, and general enterprise SAN environments.
Fibre Channel Controllers
2 × HPE MSA 2060 16Gb Fibre Channel controllers
Each controller provides:
4 × 16Gb Fibre Channel ports
12Gb SAS expansion connectivity
Redundant controller architecture
8 × 16Gb Fibre Channel host ports
LFF Drive Bays
12 × LFF 3.5-inch drive bays
The array supports combinations of:
3.5-inch LFF HDDs
3.5-inch LFF SSDs
Enterprise SAS drives
Midline SAS drives
Drives Are Configuration Dependent
The standard R0Q73B is the base MSA 2060 LFF storage-array configuration.
Base R0Q73B: 12 × LFF drive bays — drives configuration dependent / not included in base array.
Storage Expansion
One of the advantages of the LFF version is its ability to use high-capacity 3.5-inch drives.
LFF 3.5-inch expansion
SFF 2.5-inch expansion
HPE supports up to 9 additional expansion enclosures, making 10 enclosures total including the main array.
HPE's broader MSA 2060 documentation also describes newer media options that can take the platform beyond 7PB raw capacity depending on the supported configuration.
RAID Support
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 6
RAID 10
MSA-DP+
MSA-DP+
MSA-DP+ is HPE's distributed-parity technology designed to improve capacity utilization and distribute spare capacity across the disk group.
Storage Features
Thin Provisioning
Automated Tiering
Storage Pools
Snapshots
Volume Copy
Remote Snap
SSD Read Cache
MSA-DP+
Virtualized storage management
Support for self-encrypting drives
Fibre Channel Connectivity
Host connectivity - 8 × 16Gb Fibre Channel ports
Controller 1: 4 × 16Gb FC Controller 2: 4 × 16Gb FC
MSA 2060 controllers → 12Gb SAS → expansion enclosures
Controller Architecture
Controller 1
4 × 16Gb FC ports
Controller 2
4 × 16Gb FC ports
Supported Operating Systems
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
VMware vSphere 6.7
Red Hat Linux 8
SUSE SLES 15
Physical Specifications
Field
Value
Length / Depth
50.8 cm
Width
44.5 cm
Height
8.9 cm
Weight
5 kg
Rack Height
2U
Drive Type
LFF
Drive Size
3.5-inch
Drive Bays
12
Warranty
3-year limited warranty
Comparison R0Q73B vs R0Q74B
Feature
R0Q73B
R0Q74B
Model
MSA 2060
MSA 2060
Interface
16Gb FC
16Gb FC
Controllers
2 × 4-port
2 × 4-port
Total FC Ports
8
8
Drive Form Factor
LFF
SFF
Main Drive Bays
12 × 3.5"
24 × 2.5"
Rack Height
2U
2U
Dimensions
8.9 × 44.5 × 50.8 cm
8.9 × 44.5 × 50.8 cm
Primary Advantage
Higher-capacity LFF drives
Higher drive density
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