On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Saso Kiselkov <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 2/12/14, 7:16 PM, Ben Taylor wrote: > > 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 > > Neat little box. What's the price on one of these? (Cursory search on > Amazon turned up empty.) > > List runs like $99, Ebay new is running about $77. Upon closer inspection, these only take the low profile disks, so I would need the 4x2.5" chassis to handle the enterprise SAS disks I have. Ben _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
