Edward Ned Harvey (openindiana) said the following, on 02-01-14 8:33 AM:
From: Roman Naumenko [mailto:[email protected]]
I don't know if even 2TB will fill fast enough to justifying any "investment"
into storage expansion.
I don't get that comment.
I don't need crazy amount of space nor throughput.
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.
Depends how much you paid for the server itself. ;-) But that's kind of
irrelevant. Often, the storage *is* more expensive than the rest of the
server. Depends on how much storage you're adding. There's a cost for the
HBA, for the drive bay, and then a cost for the disks, multiplied by the number
of disks. So the disks add up quickly.
I'm a fan of Sans Digital products for the price. And I'm a fan of using the
disks that they recommend.
Maybe something like this?
Well, netapp won't work without ONTAP on mothership server.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NetApp-DS14-Shelf-14-Drive-Capacity-Storage-Array-Unit-/350956372695?pt=US_NAS_Disk_Arrays&hash=item51b6a142d7
HP then? Is it possible to find used array like one below, fill it with
2TB disk and connect over 8088 to the controller on the server?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-STORAGEWORKS-MSA70-MODULAR-SMART-ARRAY-418800-B21-25-x-HDD-BAYS-/121234564919?pt=US_NAS_Disk_Arrays&hash=item1c3a24a737
--Roman
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