[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Saso Kiselkov]

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.

If you're looking to grow in the future, definitely have a look at
SC837E26-RJBOD1 and SC847E26-RJBOD1 - these are pre-assembled
36/45-drive JBODs and they cost a lot less per drive (either box can be
had for around $2k). Given that quality 3TB NL-SAS drives cost around
$250-300 a piece (and I recommend you buy good drives; don't cheap out
on SATA if you want performance, reliability and peaceful sleep at
night), the cost of the enclosure will, in the end, be a drop in a
bucket in your overall investment.

Cheers,
-- 
Saso