Re: SAS Drive Enclosure

[Ray Van Dolson]

MD1200 is a great bet then.

Other options -- SuperMicro has lots:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/2U/?chs=216

Quanta:

http://www.quantaqct.com/Product/Rack-Systems/Rackgo-X/JBODs/JBR-p247c77c86c88c92

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 01:06:09PM +, Graham Johnston wrote:
> I am primarily wanting something that will act like a DELL MD1200,
> SAS connected to a server, then run a clustered filesystem on the
> server(s) which will serve up NFS or iSCSI to client devices.
> 
> Graham Johnston
> Network Planner
> Westman Communications Group
> 204.717.2829
> johnst...@westmancom.com
> think green; don't print this email.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Jameson, Daniel [mailto:daniel.jame...@tdstelecom.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:11 PM
> To: Ray Van Dolson; Graham Johnston
> Cc: 'nanog@nanog.org'
> Subject: RE: SAS Drive Enclosure
> 
> What are you thinking for connectivity,  Ethernet,  FiberChannel,
> Infiniband ...  Building *Storage Nodes* or in need of just drive
> connectivity?
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ray Van Dolson
> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:53 PM
> To: Graham Johnston
> Cc: 'nanog@nanog.org'
> Subject: Re: SAS Drive Enclosure
> 
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 07:19:59PM +, Graham Johnston wrote:
> > I am looking for information about SAS drive enclosures, is there a 
> > list like NANOG that covers that area of IT?
> > 
> > I am specifically looking for an enclosure that can handle 12 or more 
> > drives, I am looking to create a clustered file system between 
> > multiple servers and would like to avoid a drive enclosure that only 
> > works with a very small number of approved drives.  I am looking to 
> > support traditional HDDs as well as SSDs.
> 
> There were discussions at some point about setting up a
> storage-centric list via SNIA or something else fairly 'neutral'.
> Never really materialized, however.
> 
> Lists like lopsa-tech and the LISA/USENIX SAGE list are general
> enough you might get some good responses.
> 
> WRT your question, we've had good luck with the Dell MD1200 line of
> JBODs.
> 
> Ray

RE: SAS Drive Enclosure

[Graham Johnston]

I am primarily wanting something that will act like a DELL MD1200, SAS 
connected to a server, then run a clustered filesystem on the server(s) which 
will serve up NFS or iSCSI to client devices.

Graham Johnston
Network Planner
Westman Communications Group
204.717.2829
johnst...@westmancom.com
think green; don't print this email.

-Original Message-
From: Jameson, Daniel [mailto:daniel.jame...@tdstelecom.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:11 PM
To: Ray Van Dolson; Graham Johnston
Cc: 'nanog@nanog.org'
Subject: RE: SAS Drive Enclosure

What are you thinking for connectivity,  Ethernet,  FiberChannel, Infiniband 
...  Building *Storage Nodes* or in need of just drive connectivity?


-Original Message-
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ray Van Dolson
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:53 PM
To: Graham Johnston
Cc: 'nanog@nanog.org'
Subject: Re: SAS Drive Enclosure

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 07:19:59PM +, Graham Johnston wrote:
> I am looking for information about SAS drive enclosures, is there a 
> list like NANOG that covers that area of IT?
> 
> I am specifically looking for an enclosure that can handle 12 or more 
> drives, I am looking to create a clustered file system between 
> multiple servers and would like to avoid a drive enclosure that only 
> works with a very small number of approved drives.  I am looking to 
> support traditional HDDs as well as SSDs.

There were discussions at some point about setting up a storage-centric list 
via SNIA or something else fairly 'neutral'.  Never really materialized, 
however.

Lists like lopsa-tech and the LISA/USENIX SAGE list are general enough you 
might get some good responses.

WRT your question, we've had good luck with the Dell MD1200 line of JBODs.

Ray

RE: SAS Drive Enclosure

[Jameson, Daniel]

What are you thinking for connectivity,  Ethernet,  FiberChannel, Infiniband 
...  Building *Storage Nodes* or in need of just drive connectivity?


-Original Message-
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Ray Van Dolson
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:53 PM
To: Graham Johnston
Cc: 'nanog@nanog.org'
Subject: Re: SAS Drive Enclosure

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 07:19:59PM +, Graham Johnston wrote:
> I am looking for information about SAS drive enclosures, is there a 
> list like NANOG that covers that area of IT?
> 
> I am specifically looking for an enclosure that can handle 12 or more 
> drives, I am looking to create a clustered file system between 
> multiple servers and would like to avoid a drive enclosure that only 
> works with a very small number of approved drives.  I am looking to 
> support traditional HDDs as well as SSDs.

There were discussions at some point about setting up a storage-centric list 
via SNIA or something else fairly 'neutral'.  Never really materialized, 
however.

Lists like lopsa-tech and the LISA/USENIX SAGE list are general enough you 
might get some good responses.

WRT your question, we've had good luck with the Dell MD1200 line of JBODs.

Ray

Re: SAS Drive Enclosure

[Ray Van Dolson]

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 07:19:59PM +, Graham Johnston wrote:
> I am looking for information about SAS drive enclosures, is there a
> list like NANOG that covers that area of IT?
> 
> I am specifically looking for an enclosure that can handle 12 or more
> drives, I am looking to create a clustered file system between
> multiple servers and would like to avoid a drive enclosure that only
> works with a very small number of approved drives.  I am looking to
> support traditional HDDs as well as SSDs.

There were discussions at some point about setting up a storage-centric
list via SNIA or something else fairly 'neutral'.  Never really
materialized, however.

Lists like lopsa-tech and the LISA/USENIX SAGE list are general enough
you might get some good responses.

WRT your question, we've had good luck with the Dell MD1200 line of
JBODs.

Ray

SAS Drive Enclosure

[Graham Johnston]

I am looking for information about SAS drive enclosures, is there a list like 
NANOG that covers that area of IT?

I am specifically looking for an enclosure that can handle 12 or more drives, I 
am looking to create a clustered file system between multiple servers and would 
like to avoid a drive enclosure that only works with a very small number of 
approved drives.  I am looking to support traditional HDDs as well as SSDs.

Thanks,
Graham Johnston
Network Planner
Westman Communications Group
204.717.2829
johnst...@westmancom.com
P think green; don't print this email.