[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Roman Naumenko]

Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 02-01-14 6:26 PM:
> 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.
Nah, same exercise in a year.
Need something expandable without much headache.