[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 1/3/14, 5:43 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> On 1/3/14, 3:14 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> Overall I think you're trying to save money on entirely the wrong
>>>> things. Get a few good high-capacity disks and a low-power
>>>> enclosure
>>>> and don't worry about buying a SAS HBA (or if you do, buy one
>>>> which
>>>> doesn't limit you to 2TB per drive).
>>>
>>> Ok, lets run the numbers for icybox
>>> http://www.raidsonic.de/data/datasheet/raidon/EN/datasheet_iS2880_e.pdf
>>> I'll probably need this model, iS2880-8S-U5D - 245$ on amazon.
>>
>> What do 8x 2.5'' spindles give you that 5x 3.5'' don't? Do you need
>> the extra performance?
> 
> That was only the model with 8 drives on that website. 
> I don't think there there are descent enclosures with >=8 disks and <400$

You do realize there's a difference between 2.5'' and 3.5'' drives, right?

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Saso