[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Hans J. Albertsson]

On 2014-01-03 18:53, Saso Kiselkov wrote:
> 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).
>>>>>> 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?
>> I'm with both hands for 3.5
>> But where to put them?! Nothing descent even closer available that would fit $1000 target.
> What's the problem with this thing:
> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-BT

How do you power it?? There's no power supply so unless it can be fitted 
into a preexisting machine with a few spare Molex connectors, what do 
you do??