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Hey guys I´m setting up a backup server in a datacenter This gear would be used as a Freenas backup server (1u Dell poweredge server) and RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Server Case with 20 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays. I´m going to use an External HBA to connect the Poweredge server to the JBOD...

Hey guys I was wondering if you could advice me on good PSU and Rail option for a RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Server Case with 20 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays Unit. I´m thinking about buing this unit as a JBOD storage for an Offsite backup server in a datacenter. I´ll also have a dedicated 1u...

I'm new to this JBOD thing so bear with me.. Planning to build gigantic Media server running Ubuntu. I just bought 1 HP SAS expander and an IBM M1015 SAS Card which has 2 SFF8087 ports, meaning it can hold up to 2 SAS expanders... I've measured the mobo and it looks like 2 SAS expander could...

Has anyone managed to make the supermicro sc847 45bay jbod chassis a bit more homelab friendly noisewise? I tried powering it on yesterday, and it would be nice not to have a jumbojet in the apartment :) Would be nice not having to sell this.... -J

New member here that is trying to build a home lab that runs Hyper-V using Dell C6220 and looking for some recommendation for how to configure my storage. Here is my plan: Storage Spaces Direct with Scale Out File Server (SMB3) + Hyper-V cluster on the same nodes (Hyperconverged config) The...

OK, I see all the major players, renaming their JBODs to Enclosures (I think this started with HP). To me this seems a little odd since I always felt a JBOD was just what it implied, Just a Bunch Of Disks and an Enclosure was synonymous with chassis. To me a disk enclosure could mean either a...