HPE J9F48A — MSA 1.2TB 10K SAS 12G SFF HDD (Dual-Port, Hot-Plug)

What it is: A genuine HPE MSA 1.2TB, 10,000-rpm, SAS 12Gb/s 2.5" SFF enterprise hard drive. It’s dual-port and hot-plug, shipped in the MSA drive tray—ready for MSA arrays.

Why buyers pick J9F48A (plain English)

• Purpose-built for MSA: correct carrier and firmware for plug-and-play in HPE MSA arrays.

• Balanced performance: 10K rpm + SAS 12G gives snappy transactional performance without SSD pricing.

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

60-second spec box (J9F48A)

Capacity / speed

• 1.2TB, 10,000 rpm

Interface

• SAS 12Gb/s, dual-port

Form factor / carrier

• 2.5" SFF, hot-plug, supplied in MSA tray

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 SANs needing reliable 10K SAS spindles for OS/VM tiers, application datasets, or mixed pools.

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

• Choose RI/MU SSDs if you need higher IOPS, lower latency, or automated tiering performance.

Compatibility (quick pointers)

• For MSA 1040/2040/2050 and related families that accept SFF SAS drives in the MSA tray. Always check your array’s supported drive/firmware list before ordering.

TL;DR

J9F48A = 1.2TB 10K SAS 12G, SFF dual-port, hot-plug in the MSA tray, with 3-year coverage—an easy, SAN-ready way to add dependable capacity to your HPE MSA.