[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

Roman Naumenko roman at naumenko.ca
Fri Jan 3 17:48:43 UTC 2014


----- Original Message -----
> On 1/3/14, 12:13 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
> > Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 03-01-14 5:47 AM:
> >> On 1/3/14, 4:10 AM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
> >>> Roman Naumenko said the following, on 01-01-14 4:11 PM:
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> > Expandable and works. Nothing with SFF-8088 comes even close with
> > the
> > price (plus all those brand-new jbods in the price range 1000-2000
> > - is
> > utterly junk).
> 
> Btw: just had another look at the MSA50, it comes with the older
> pre-Mini SAS connectors, so if you do decide to got that route, be
> sure
> to buy some sort of a SFF-8088 to SFF-8470 conversion cable:
> http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sas_cables_adapters/MS-1MIB.asp

Thanks, the connector indeed is different.

--Roman



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