Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 02-01-14 9:49 AM:
On 1/2/14, 2:28 AM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
cjt said the following, on 01-01-14 7:14 PM:
On 01/01/2014 04:23 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 01-01-14 4:30 PM:
On 1/1/14, 9:11 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
Hello,
Looking for cheap way of expanding current home storage server running
on openindiana 151_a5.
jbod (12 bay are 400$) with SFF-8088 is most cost-effective.
Now the question what card with 8088 to stick in the server. Will this
one work? http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/support/sas/sas/asc-1045
Is there any similar listed on HCL here
http://wiki.openindiana.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4883876?
My best experience is with stuff from LSI, mainly the LSI SAS
2008-derived products such as the LSI 9200-8e, HP SC08e, Dell 6Gbps SAS
HBA, etc.
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=342-0910
I'll probably use LSI SAS3801E, it's listed as compatible on HCL and
priced in 80-150 range on ebay.
--Roman
as long as you don't want to use drives bigger than 2GB ...
I don't know if even 2TB will fill fast enough to justifying any
"investment" into storage expansion.
Speaking about storage expansion, even HBA cards are dirt cheap, pricing
on enclosures with integrated SAS expander is just nuts. Can't figure
out how to add 8-12 disks externally to the storage server without
paying for this 2x cost of the server itself.
What's your budget? A Supermicro SC826-based enclosure can be had for
under a thousand bucks and you can set it up as a JBOD easily (get a
power distribution board for it - Supermicro sells those too). Comes
with a dual-path expander, dual PSUs and a nice rack-mountable with rack
rails - kind of the equivalent of something like an HP MSA 60 or Dell
MD1200, only much cheaper.
Mmmm, budget for 8 disks JBOD...
Lets see:
Case for the 8-16 disks: 100$
PSU: 60$
Controller to get SFF-8088 in/out: 150$
2 or 4 SFF8087x10$: 20-40$
SFF-8088: 15$
2TB disks, 8x80 = 640
Controller with SFF-8088 for the head: 70$
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Total: ~1100$
If you're looking to grow in the future, definitely have a look at
SC837E26-RJBOD1 and SC847E26-RJBOD1 - these are pre-assembled
36/45-drive JBODs and they cost a lot less per drive (either box can be
had for around $2k). Given that quality 3TB NL-SAS drives cost around
$250-300 a piece (and I recommend you buy good drives; don't cheap out
on SATA if you want performance, reliability and peaceful sleep at
night), the cost of the enclosure will, in the end, be a drop in a
bucket in your overall investment.
It's for the home storage, cheapo sata is the must :)
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