I'm not sure it's a great deal but:
Adaptec RAID $799: ZT 2U Storage Server Supermicro 12 Bay 2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 24GB ASR-5805 RAID
LSI RAID $899: ZT 2U Storage Server Supermicro 12 Bay 2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 24GB LSI 9261-8i
Says it comes with an expander backplane.
2 E5-2670's say $90 ea = $180.
Adaptec 5805 = $50
6x 4GB DIMMs at say $10 ea = $60
Dual SFP+ NIC = $70
$360 worth of stuff in there so the $799 one is like $439 for the chassis, power supplies, rails, motherboard, and SAS expander backplane.
I wouldn't say it's great but I wonder if its good. Maybe better for another section? Listings say it has IPMI.
Adaptec RAID $799: ZT 2U Storage Server Supermicro 12 Bay 2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 24GB ASR-5805 RAID
LSI RAID $899: ZT 2U Storage Server Supermicro 12 Bay 2x Intel Xeon E5-2670 24GB LSI 9261-8i
Says it comes with an expander backplane.
2 E5-2670's say $90 ea = $180.
Adaptec 5805 = $50
6x 4GB DIMMs at say $10 ea = $60
Dual SFP+ NIC = $70
$360 worth of stuff in there so the $799 one is like $439 for the chassis, power supplies, rails, motherboard, and SAS expander backplane.
I wouldn't say it's great but I wonder if its good. Maybe better for another section? Listings say it has IPMI.