HPE MSA Gen7 Storage

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target
Alliance Partner:

HPE

Alliance Product:

MSA Gen7 Storage

Program Category:

Veeam Ready Repository - Primary Target

Category Description:

Solutions certified as a primary backup target. Passing all compatibility/functional tests, as well as extensive performance tests for both backup and restore operations

Article ID:

2083

Veeam Product(s):
  • Veeam Backup & Replication 13
Features and Attributes:
  • Backup Target - Disk FC
Publication date:

2026-02-05

Last modified date:

2026-02-05

This Veeam Ready test was performed with storage having a configuration that includes SSD/Flash.  As such, this classification only applies to similar configurations in which the same amount or more SSD drives are used.  The use of non-SSD drives may negatively impact performance.

Product Details

Model/version number: HPE MSA 2070 16Gb Fibre Channel SFF Storage
Firmware version: IN300R007
Storage Category: RAID Storage Array
Drive quantity, size, type: 4 x 1.9TB SSD (Seagate)
Storage configuration: RAID 5
Connection protocol and speed: 16G FC
Additional support: All configurations of HPE MSA 2070 16Gb Fibre Channel SFF Storage with specifications equivalent or greater than the above

General product family overview:
HPE MSA 2070 SFF Storage Array is a 2-rack-unit (2U), 7th-generation shared storage array designed for small and medium business SAN environments. It features dual controllers with multiple host interface options and supports up to 24 drives in SFF bays with both SSD and HDD media.

Veeam Testing Configuration

Veeam Build Number: 13.0.1.1071

Vendor Recommended Configuration

Vendor Settings:

  • Operating system: Windows Server 2022
  • File system: ReFS
  • Caching used: Yes
  • Read/write caching: The HPE MSA 2070 uses controller-based DRAM cache (8 GB per controller, mirrored between controllers) for both read and write operations, with write-back caching enabled to acknowledge host writes quickly and later destage them to disk. Cached data is protected by flash-backed cache on power loss, while read caching retains frequently accessed blocks in memory so subsequent reads are serviced from cache instead of backend drives.
  • Multipathing / link aggregation used: No
  • Array deduplication used in testing: No
  • Array compression used in testing: No

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