[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Roman Naumenko]

Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 02-01-14 9:49 AM:
> 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$) with SFF-8088 is most cost-effective.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now the question what card with 8088 to stick in the server. Will this
>>>>>> one work? http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/support/sas/sas/asc-1045
>>>>>> Is there any similar listed on HCL here
>>>>>> http://wiki.openindiana.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4883876?
>>>>> My best experience is with stuff from LSI, mainly the LSI SAS
>>>>> 2008-derived products such as the LSI 9200-8e, HP SC08e, Dell 6Gbps SAS
>>>>> HBA, etc.
>>>>> http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=342-0910
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I'll probably use LSI SAS3801E, it's listed as compatible on HCL and
>>>> priced in 80-150 range on ebay.
>>>>
>>>> --Roman
>>> as long as you don't want to use drives bigger than 2GB ...
>> I don't know if even 2TB will fill fast enough to justifying any
>> "investment" into storage expansion.
>> Speaking about storage expansion, even HBA cards are dirt cheap, pricing
>> on enclosures with integrated SAS expander is just nuts. Can't figure
>> out how to add 8-12 disks externally to the storage server without
>> paying for this 2x cost of the server itself.
> What's your budget? A Supermicro SC826-based enclosure can be had for
> under a thousand bucks and you can set it up as a JBOD easily (get a
> power distribution board for it - Supermicro sells those too). Comes
> with a dual-path expander, dual PSUs and a nice rack-mountable with rack
> rails - kind of the equivalent of something like an HP MSA 60 or Dell
> MD1200, only much cheaper.
Mmmm, budget for 8 disks JBOD...
Lets see:
Case for the 8-16 disks: 100$
PSU: 60$
Controller to get SFF-8088 in/out: 150$
2 or 4 SFF8087x10$: 20-40$
SFF-8088: 15$
2TB disks, 8x80 = 640
Controller with SFF-8088 for the head: 70$
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Total: ~1100$
> 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.
It's for the home storage, cheapo sata is the must :)