HPE J9F49A — MSA 1.8TB 10K SAS 12G SFF HDD (Dual-Port, Hot-Plug)

What it is: A genuine HPE MSA 1.8TB, 10,000-rpm, SAS 12Gb/s 2.5" SFF enterprise hard drive. It’s dual-port and hot-plug, supplied in the MSA drive tray—drop-in ready for HPE MSA arrays.

Why buyers pick J9F49A (plain English)

• Purpose-built for MSA: correct carrier and firmware for painless installs and upgrades.

• Balanced performance & capacity: 10K SAS gives responsive I/O with more space than 1.2TB spindles.

• SAN-grade resiliency: dual-port SAS for multipath I/O and controller failover.

60-second spec box (J9F49A)

Capacity / speed

• 1.8TB, 10,000 rpm

Interface

• SAS 12Gb/s, dual-port

Form factor / carrier

• 2.5" SFF, hot-plug, MSA tray included

Workload class

• Enterprise / Mission-Critical HDD for SAN arrays

Warranty

• 3-year HPE warranty on the option kit

Where it fits (and when to choose something else)

• Perfect for: HPE MSA arrays needing reliable 10K SAS performance with more per-drive capacity than 1.2TB—great for OS/VM tiers, app datasets, and mixed pools.

• Choose 2.4TB 10K if you want maximum capacity per spindle at the same performance tier.

• Choose RI/MU SSDs if you need higher IOPS or sub-ms latency.

Compatibility (quick pointers)

• Intended for MSA families that accept SFF SAS drives in the MSA tray (e.g., MSA 2040/2050 series and kin). Always verify your array’s supported drive/firmware list before ordering.

TL;DR

J9F49A = 1.8TB 10K SAS 12G, SFF dual-port, hot-plug in the MSA tray, with 3-year coverage—an easy, SAN-ready capacity bump for your HPE MSA.