[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[cjt]

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
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as long as you don't want to use drives bigger than 2GB ...