[OpenIndiana-discuss] FW: Low low end server

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 2/12/14, 7:16 PM, Ben Taylor wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Ben Taylor <bentaylor.solx86 at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Saso Kiselkov <skiselkov.ml at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> 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
>>>
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>> 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