On 2/12/14, 7:16 PM, Ben Taylor wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Ben Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Saso Kiselkov <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On 2/11/14, 7:59 PM, Ben Taylor wrote: >>>> That's a cool unit. Could use something like that internal drive bay >>> that >>>> supported SAS disks. >>> >>> Don't know if somebody mentioned it before, but the MicroServer's >>> internal drive bays use SAS connectors and they are all plumbed into the >>> motherboard using a single SFF-8087 connector, so if you get an internal >>> SAS HBA into the PCI-e x8 slot on the server, you can just unplug the >>> SFF-8087 from the motherboard and plug it into your HBA. Here you can >>> also see the SFF-8087 cable plugging into the motherboard left of the >>> drive tray: http://tinyurl.com/npa6kow >>> >> >> That's also good to know. I've found a 4 x 2.5" SAS 5.25" single drive >> bay, and some 8 x 2.5" SAS 5.25" double drive bay. The 6 disk single would >> be perfect as I've got a stack of 2.5" SAS disks >> >> Thinking about it, I should probably just repurpose my Intel DP35DP/Q7700 >> for a storage server. >> > > Found this 6x2.5" SAS/Sata/SSD Single 5.25" chassis which looks like > exactly what I want. > > http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001987
Neat little box. What's the price on one of these? (Cursory search on Amazon turned up empty.) Cheers, -- Saso _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
