So I got some Seagate 12TB drives quite a while ago in a good trade for me, but have not been able to decide on how to put them to use yet.
There's about 80 of them, most of them still unused. I think my budget is around $2k tops. I am from Europe.
I was dreaming of something like this: *NEW* HGST/Western Digital 1EX0509 4U 102Bay JBOD - NO HDD ( 220V only) | eBay - unfortunately I think this does not accept any other drives except HGST/WD ? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Is there any firmware hack that does that I wonder ?
I found this also : DELL POWERVAULT MD3060E DENSE STORAGE ENCLOSURE 2X CTRL 2X PSU | eBay
but it's awfully expensive and not sure how it works, too complicated for me.
This looks like a killer deal but does not ship to Europe (shipping would $500-$700 anyway) + ~20% VAT + import fees
I was also thinking to just stack a bunch of 9201-16e in a mobo with many full length PCIe slots, and print a bunch of these:
Not sure what PSUs would be best, as in having the most SATA connector potential (including molex to sata adapters).
Maybe also use some SAS expanders
Need suggestions on how to do this the smart way. Max speed I'd need for the array is probably 10gbps, but more would be nice.
I haven't looked into this stuff for more than half a year and could use expert opinion.
P.S. Would also like to learn what other controllers are a best buy except the 9201-16e/i which I heard about and used myself.
There's about 80 of them, most of them still unused. I think my budget is around $2k tops. I am from Europe.
I was dreaming of something like this: *NEW* HGST/Western Digital 1EX0509 4U 102Bay JBOD - NO HDD ( 220V only) | eBay - unfortunately I think this does not accept any other drives except HGST/WD ? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Is there any firmware hack that does that I wonder ?
I found this also : DELL POWERVAULT MD3060E DENSE STORAGE ENCLOSURE 2X CTRL 2X PSU | eBay
but it's awfully expensive and not sure how it works, too complicated for me.
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I was also thinking to just stack a bunch of 9201-16e in a mobo with many full length PCIe slots, and print a bunch of these:
Maybe also use some SAS expanders
Need suggestions on how to do this the smart way. Max speed I'd need for the array is probably 10gbps, but more would be nice.
I haven't looked into this stuff for more than half a year and could use expert opinion.
P.S. Would also like to learn what other controllers are a best buy except the 9201-16e/i which I heard about and used myself.
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