On 1/2/14, 11:15 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote: > Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 02-01-14 9:49 AM: >> On 1/2/14, 2:28 AM, Roman Naumenko wrote: >>> cjt said the following, on 01-01-14 7:14 PM: >>>> On 01/01/2014 04:23 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote: >>>>> Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 01-01-14 4:30 PM: >>>>>> On 1/1/14, 9:11 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote: >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Looking for cheap way of expanding current home storage server >>>>>>> running >>>>>>> on openindiana 151_a5. >>>>>>> jbod (12 bay are 400$) with SFF-8088 is most cost-effective. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now the question what card with 8088 to stick in the server. Will >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> one work? http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/support/sas/sas/asc-1045 >>>>>>> Is there any similar listed on HCL here >>>>>>> http://wiki.openindiana.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4883876? >>>>>> My best experience is with stuff from LSI, mainly the LSI SAS >>>>>> 2008-derived products such as the LSI 9200-8e, HP SC08e, Dell >>>>>> 6Gbps SAS >>>>>> HBA, etc. >>>>>> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=342-0910 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> I'll probably use LSI SAS3801E, it's listed as compatible on HCL and >>>>> priced in 80-150 range on ebay. >>>>> >>>>> --Roman >>>> as long as you don't want to use drives bigger than 2GB ... >>> I don't know if even 2TB will fill fast enough to justifying any >>> "investment" into storage expansion. >>> Speaking about storage expansion, even HBA cards are dirt cheap, pricing >>> on enclosures with integrated SAS expander is just nuts. Can't figure >>> out how to add 8-12 disks externally to the storage server without >>> paying for this 2x cost of the server itself. >> What's your budget? A Supermicro SC826-based enclosure can be had for >> under a thousand bucks and you can set it up as a JBOD easily (get a >> power distribution board for it - Supermicro sells those too). Comes >> with a dual-path expander, dual PSUs and a nice rack-mountable with rack >> rails - kind of the equivalent of something like an HP MSA 60 or Dell >> MD1200, only much cheaper. > Mmmm, budget for 8 disks JBOD... > Lets see: > Case for the 8-16 disks: 100$ > PSU: 60$ > Controller to get SFF-8088 in/out: 150$ > 2 or 4 SFF8087x10$: 20-40$ > SFF-8088: 15$ > 2TB disks, 8x80 = 640 > Controller with SFF-8088 for the head: 70$
Grab the IcyBox I mentioned before and stuff it full of 3TB drives. Then grab the cheapest (but compatible) SATA controller board (or just a bunch of SATA extension cables, if you've got enough spare ports on the motherboard). There's no pretending with a quality SAS controller and shielded wiring when you're going for bottom of the barrel drives. -- Saso _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
