I have a bunch of consumer SATA disks but I need more space and I'm looking at enterprise disks. The price premium to go enterprise isn't that much at the larger sizes.
I have a Supermicro SC847 with SAS3 backplanes. My HBA is an m1015 but I plan to upgrade to an SAS3 HBA at some point. My disks will always be used in JBOD mode. I can't see myself ever using hardware raid.
Should I stick with SATA or move up to SAS if i decide to get enterprise disks?
Is mixing consumer SATA disks and enterprise SAS disks a good idea? Bad idea?
Suppose I've decided on the 8TB Seagate Enterprise Capacity disk. It comes in both SAS (ST8000NM0075) and SATA (ST8000NM0055). Would I see any benefit from going with the SAS version?
What benifits of SAS disks might be lost because they have to share an expander with SATA disks?
Anything anyone has to say on the topic will probably help.
FYI: My current disks are a mix of ST4000DM000 and the dreaded ST3000DM001.
I have a Supermicro SC847 with SAS3 backplanes. My HBA is an m1015 but I plan to upgrade to an SAS3 HBA at some point. My disks will always be used in JBOD mode. I can't see myself ever using hardware raid.
Should I stick with SATA or move up to SAS if i decide to get enterprise disks?
Is mixing consumer SATA disks and enterprise SAS disks a good idea? Bad idea?
Suppose I've decided on the 8TB Seagate Enterprise Capacity disk. It comes in both SAS (ST8000NM0075) and SATA (ST8000NM0055). Would I see any benefit from going with the SAS version?
What benifits of SAS disks might be lost because they have to share an expander with SATA disks?
Anything anyone has to say on the topic will probably help.
FYI: My current disks are a mix of ST4000DM000 and the dreaded ST3000DM001.