[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[wim at vandenberge.us]

I have a system built using the Xyratex RS-1220-E311-XPN-2 enclosures. These
have twelve SAS/SATA slots, dual power supplies and one or two
RS-SCM-E311-XPN-1220 6Mb/s SAS "expander/controllers". Just add an LSI 9200-8e
(or equivalent) and an SFF8088-SFF8088 cable and you're in business. They've
been rock-solid with 2TB SAS and SATA drives for several years and they can be
had on various auction sites for around $350 plus shipping including the drive
trays.

for example:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xyratex-RS-1220-EXPANSION-Enclosure-94724-01-DUAL-RS-SCM-E311-XPN-1220-w-RAILS-/360826164589?pt=US_NAS_Disk_Arrays&hash=item5402ea556d
<http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xyratex-RS-1220-EXPANSION-Enclosure-94724-01-DUAL-RS-SCM-E311-XPN-1220-w-RAILS-/360826164589?pt=US_NAS_Disk_Arrays&hash=item5402ea556d>

Similar concerns regarding form factor, noise and power consumption mentioned
for the MSA60 hold true for these units as well but I figured I'd throw it our
there.

W




> On January 3, 2014 at 1:06 PM Saso Kiselkov <skiselkov.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 1/3/14, 6:04 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> On 1/3/14, 5:52 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote:
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> 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).
> >>>>
> >> What's the problem with this thing:
> >> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-BT
> >
> > Its fine, but MSA60 is a deal too.
>
> If you can get it cheaply enough, don't mind the form factor, noise,
> power consumption and maintenance difficulties, go ahead.
>
> --
> Saso
>
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