On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Ben Taylor <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Saso Kiselkov <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 2/11/14, 7:59 PM, Ben Taylor wrote: >> > That's a cool unit. Could use something like that internal drive bay >> that >> > supported SAS disks. >> >> Don't know if somebody mentioned it before, but the MicroServer's >> internal drive bays use SAS connectors and they are all plumbed into the >> motherboard using a single SFF-8087 connector, so if you get an internal >> SAS HBA into the PCI-e x8 slot on the server, you can just unplug the >> SFF-8087 from the motherboard and plug it into your HBA. Here you can >> also see the SFF-8087 cable plugging into the motherboard left of the >> drive tray: http://tinyurl.com/npa6kow >> > > That's also good to know. I've found a 4 x 2.5" SAS 5.25" single drive > bay, and some 8 x 2.5" SAS 5.25" double drive bay. The 6 disk single would > be perfect as I've got a stack of 2.5" SAS disks > > Thinking about it, I should probably just repurpose my Intel DP35DP/Q7700 > for a storage server. > Found this 6x2.5" SAS/Sata/SSD Single 5.25" chassis which looks like exactly what I want. http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001987 Ben _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
