[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 1/2/14, 11:15 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
> 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$

Grab the IcyBox I mentioned before and stuff it full of 3TB drives. Then
grab the cheapest (but compatible) SATA controller board (or just a
bunch of SATA extension cables, if you've got enough spare ports on the
motherboard). There's no pretending with a quality SAS controller and
shielded wiring when you're going for bottom of the barrel drives.

-- 
Saso