HPE R0P86A MSA SAN storage systems

Description

The HPE R0P86A is a six-drive expansion bundle designed for compatible HPE MSA SAN storage systems. HPE specifies the bundle as 10.8TB SAS 12G Enterprise 10K SFF (2.5-inch), 3-year warranty, 512e, 6-pack HDD Bundle.

The bundle contains six HPE MSA 1.8TB 12G SAS 10K SFF Enterprise HDDs, identified by HPE part number J9F49A. With six drives installed, the combined raw capacity is 10.8TB before RAID, formatting, sparing, or other storage-system overhead.

Each drive uses a 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) design, allowing high storage density in MSA storage enclosures. The 10,000 RPM rotational speed provides faster access and I/O characteristics than typical 7,200 RPM nearline drives, making these disks appropriate for active enterprise workloads.

The 12Gb/s SAS interface provides a high-speed enterprise storage interface for compatible MSA controllers and drive enclosures. SAS also supports enterprise storage features such as dual-port connectivity and redundant storage paths when implemented by the storage platform.

The drives use 512-byte emulation (512e) sector formatting, which provides compatibility with storage environments and applications designed around 512-byte logical sectors while using modern drive architectures.

Key Specifications

Specification	Details
Brand	HPE
Product Number	R0P86A
Product Type	MSA HDD 6-Pack Bundle
Total Raw Capacity	10.8TB
Number of Drives	6
Capacity per Drive	1.8TB
Drive Part Number	J9F49A
Interface	12Gb/s SAS
Drive Speed	10,000 RPM
Drive Form Factor	SFF
Drive Size	2.5-inch
Drive Class	Enterprise
Sector Format	512e
Bundle Type	6-Pack HDD Bundle
Warranty	3 Years
Primary Platform	HPE MSA SAN Storage
Primary Application	Enterprise SAN / Shared Storage

HPE’s official MSA documentation confirms the R0P86A bundle configuration and its six J9F49A 1.8TB drives.

Key Features & Benefits

10.8TB Total Raw Capacity — Provides substantial additional storage capacity in a single six-drive bundle.
Six 1.8TB Enterprise HDDs — Includes six HPE MSA 1.8TB 12G SAS 10K SFF drives (J9F49A).
12Gb/s SAS Interface — Designed for high-performance enterprise storage infrastructure.
10K RPM Performance — Provides responsive storage performance for active business workloads.
2.5-inch SFF Design — Delivers high storage density and efficient use of storage-enclosure space.
512e Sector Format — Supports storage environments requiring 512-byte emulation.
Enterprise-Class Drives — Designed specifically for HPE MSA storage environments rather than general desktop or consumer systems.
6-Drive Bundle — Simplifies procurement and expansion by supplying six matching MSA-qualified drives as one option.
3-Year Warranty — HPE specifies a three-year warranty for the R0P86A bundle.

Enterprise Storage Performance

The combination of 10K RPM rotational speed and 12Gb/s SAS connectivity makes the R0P86A appropriate for workloads where access performance is more important than maximizing capacity per drive.

Typical applications include:

Database storage
Virtual machine storage
Business applications
Transactional workloads
File and application servers
Shared SAN storage
Enterprise backup repositories
Storage consolidation
General-purpose MSA workloads

Actual performance depends on the MSA controller, RAID configuration, workload characteristics, cache configuration, and number of active drives.

RAID & Storage Configuration

The six drives can be incorporated into an appropriate HPE MSA storage configuration using the RAID and storage-management capabilities supported by the particular MSA platform.

Depending on the storage design, RAID configurations can provide different balances between:

Usable capacity
Read/write performance
Drive-failure protection
Rebuild performance
Storage efficiency

The advertised 10.8TB is raw combined capacity. Usable capacity will be lower after RAID protection, spare capacity, system overhead, and storage-management requirements are taken into account.

Compatibility

HPE lists R0P86A among the SFF drive bundles for the HPE MSA 2050 SAN Storage family and related MSA documentation.

The bundle is specifically designed around HPE MSA-qualified J9F49A 1.8TB 12G SAS 10K SFF Enterprise HDDs.

Important: Compatibility should be checked against the exact MSA array model, controller firmware, enclosure configuration, and supported drive qualification list before installation.