On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 08:36, Erik Trimble <erik.trim...@sun.com> wrote:
> These days, I've switched to 2.5" SATA laptop drives for large-storage > requirements. > They're going to cost more $/GB than 3.5" drives, but they're still not > horrible ($100 for a 500GB/7200rpm Seagate Momentus). They're also easier > to cram large numbers of them in smaller spaces, so it's easier to get > larger number of spindles in the same case. Not to mention being lower-power > than equivalent 3.5" drives. > > My sole problem is finding well-constructed high-density 2.5" hot-swap > bay/chassis setups. > If anyone has a good recommendation for a 1U or 2U JBOD chassis for 2.5" > drives, that would really be helpful. > > Erik, try this one on for size; http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/mobilerack/CSE-M28E1.cfm Supermicro has a number of variations on this theme, but I deployed this one at a client site, and - so far - no complaints. I'm not sure I'd run one of these personally, because it seems that drives would tend to run hotter than if individually stacked in a conventional PC case***....but....write some of that off to me being excessively conservative when it comes to cooling. That said, it's Supermicro after all, and they tend to sell well engineered gear. ***Unless you stuffed it with SSD's - </wet messy hysterical laughter> -Me
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