[OpenIndiana-discuss] Expanding storage with JBOD

[Saso Kiselkov]

On 1/3/14, 11:04 PM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote:
> 
> 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??

External powersupply, short out two pins and you're good to go. A modern
PSU usually has enough extra oomph that it will happily power a few of
these at a time.

-- 
Saso