On 10/25/2012 04:28 PM, Patrick Hahn wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Sašo Kiselkov <skiselkov...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On 10/25/2012 04:11 PM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >>> On 10/25/2012 04:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >>>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards. They can be had new for <$100 >> and >>>>> are essentially rebranded LSI 9200-8e cards. Always try to look for OEM >>>>> cards with LSI, because buying directly from them is incredibly >>>>> expensive. >>>> >>>> Do these support eSATA? It seems unlikely. >>> >>> eSATA is just SATA with a different connector - all you need is a cheap >>> conversion cable or appropriate eSATA<->SATA bracket, e.g. >>> http://www.satacables.com/html/sata-pci-brackets.html >> >> P.S. if you're going to use a port conversion bracket, I suggest you get >> the internal version of the SAS card (i.e. the Dell PERC H200) - that >> ships with two SFF-8087 connectors. Get a SFF-8087 breakout cable to >> split out the individual SATA connections (e.g. >> http://www.ipcdirect.net/catalog/c-sff8087-4sb.jpg ) and just hook those >> up to the SATA<->eSATA bracket. From there on you can take it using >> standard eSATA cabling directly to your JBOD. >> > > You could also do something like converting an 8087 to an 8088 and get an > 8088 <-> 4x eSATA breakout cable. That would save a lot of space in your > case if you're going to have more than 8 drives in this rig. Random > googling: http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sas_cables_adapters/AD8788-2.asp and > http://www.amazon.com/HighPoint-External-Mini-SAS-SFF8088-Ext-MS-1MES/dp/B000JQ51CM > or > something.
Nice, good to know that mini-SAS to eSATA cables exist. Thanks for the info, you learn something new every day. Cheers, -- Saso _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
