| Manufacturer part number | Q1J06A |
| Model | MSA 2050 |
| Brand | HP |
| Product type | Storage |
| Form factor | Rack mountable 2U |
| Number of controllers per array | 2 |
| Number of hosts per array | 8 |
| FC host connectivity | 8/16Gb |
| iSCSI host connectivity | 1Gb or 10Gb |
| SAS host connectivity | 6Gb or 12Gb |
| Max read cache per array | 8TB |
| Data cache + system memory per array | 16GB |
| Pool capacity | 562TB (512TiB) |
| RAID levels | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 |
| Expansion drive enclosure | 0-7 enclosures |
| LFF/SFF array/enclosure mixing | Supported |
| Maximum number of drives per enclosure | 24 SFF/12 LFF |
| Drive enclosure interface type | 6Gb SAS |
| Maximum total drives per array | 192 SFF/96 LFF |
| Max raw capacity per enclosure | 76.8 TB SFF / 168 TB LFF |
| Max raw capacity per array | 614.4 TB SFF / 1344 TB LFF |
| Drive capacities |
SFF SSDs 800GB, 960GB, 1.6TB, 1.92TB, 3.2TB LFF SSDs 800GB, 960GB, 1.92TB SFF HDDs 15K: 600GB, 900GB 10K: 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB, 2.4TB LFF HDDs 7.2K: 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10TB, 12TB, 14TB SEDs - SSDs: 800GB, 1.6TB - SFF 10K HDD: 1.2TB - LFF 7.2K HDD: 4TB |
| maximum number of volumes | 512 |
| Maximum number of snapshots | 512 |
| Maximum number of hosts | 512 |
| Maximum number of initiators | 1024 |