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I think I just figured this out.. 4 of my drives are Dell drives that are apparently locked to 3gb/s. Investigating if it's firmware or not.

I'm building a new FreeNAS server that I'm looking to use for 4k video editing (fast copy/streaming of large files). I've got everything built out and I thought I had it spec'd and designed correctly but I'm seconding guessing myself now since I'm not seeing full bandwidth utilization. Here's...

Thanks everyone, I picked up a cheap CSE-216 chassis and the 216A @mmo provided. Also ordered a couple 9300-8is should be good to go! I appreciate all the help guys, thanks again!

Thanks, I meant the 216 chassis for sale on ebay are all SAS2. I may grab a cheap chassis and just replace the backplane with this one though, thanks for the listing.

I would be open to that if anyone has one laying around. The ones on eBay are all SAS2.

Looking to run an all SSD setup for VMs and 4k editing and having trouble finding a 216 with a SAS3 backplane. Interested in either just a chassis w/ BP or fully built out (minus hard drives). I'm located outside Boston, MA.