I bought a couple extra to try and flip on CL. If your anywhere near Atlanta I can help ya out. But I have zero desire to ship them.
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EU HGST 4U SAS3 12GB/s Storage Enclosure 60 bays £299
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just won a LSI SAS HBA SAS9300-8e for $76. I've been patiently waiting for a good deal on an external for a while. I'll be able to replace my extremely warm LSI 9206-16e and upgrade to 12g sas3 at very little cost after selling the 9206-16e. Looking forward to adding a few more ssds and seeing what happens
new ones available in EU : HGST 4U 60 Bay SAS3 12Gb/s JBOD QSFP+ Rackmount No Drives | eBay
I bought one with OBO at 400 GBP.
Does someone find QSFP to SFF-8643 cables for cheap ?
I bought one with OBO at 400 GBP.
Does someone find QSFP to SFF-8643 cables for cheap ?
There are screwholes for ssds to be mounted. my three ssds fit in with no issue
Anyone check the firmware running on these units yet and see if they need an update? You can register for support and firmware updates here Customer Technical Support and Downloads | HGST Support just need your serial #.
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I Haven't tested yet but this is what the manual says about using SSD... you might wanna know
SSD Partial Population Rules
The following population rules for SSDs must be followed for a partially populated enclosure to function properly:
• The minimum amount of drives required for the enclosure to function properly is two SSDs.
• Each increase in drive must be done in increments of two.
• Each row that is partially populated with drives (HDD and/or SSD) must have the population of that row completed with blanks.
• A combination of HDDs and SSDs are allowed, but the rule of increasing capacity must be done by two when SSDs are involved.
• The remainder of the enclosure, preceding a populated row may remain empty.
• When SSDs are involved, the population of drive slots must be done in the order and positions displayed below.
• Repeat the configuration for each following row.
There's also suggestion for partial HDD population.. is this even true?
I Haven't tested yet but this is what the manual says about using SSD... you might wanna know
SSD Partial Population Rules
The following population rules for SSDs must be followed for a partially populated enclosure to function properly:
• The minimum amount of drives required for the enclosure to function properly is two SSDs.
• Each increase in drive must be done in increments of two.
• Each row that is partially populated with drives (HDD and/or SSD) must have the population of that row completed with blanks.
• A combination of HDDs and SSDs are allowed, but the rule of increasing capacity must be done by two when SSDs are involved.
• The remainder of the enclosure, preceding a populated row may remain empty.
• When SSDs are involved, the population of drive slots must be done in the order and positions displayed below.
• Repeat the configuration for each following row.
There's also suggestion for partial HDD population.. is this even true?
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I was assuming this was stated more for proper airflow than anything else. I tried putting drives randomly in the enclosure and it seemed to work just fine. So from an airflow standpoint their logic is sound so I can only assume that is what it is meant for.
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Mine has arrived... but i still gotta wait for the adapter..
just bought this
2 port Internal SFF-8087 to External 8088 PCI mini SAS 26P Adapter SAS RAID
And this is the cable from Jeff :
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Can't figure out where to plug the QSFP+ cable, it won't fit in the "console" port
Do i need anything else to connect it to my M1015?
just bought this
2 port Internal SFF-8087 to External 8088 PCI mini SAS 26P Adapter SAS RAID
And this is the cable from Jeff :
Can't figure out where to plug the QSFP+ cable, it won't fit in the "console" port
Do i need anything else to connect it to my M1015?
The cable must be connected to the port marked "IN". I think you might have bought a cable with a mini sas hd connector on one side, in which case you won't be able to connect it to a 8088 port on your adapter. You need either a QSFP+ to 8088 cable, another adapter (if there is one that will convert mini SAS HD to 8087), or a different HBA with mini SAS HD ports.
SAS 9206-16e Host Bus Adapter
Has anyone tested this..or its variation?
Dell rebrands it to SC 8000
Edit : Gene said earlier it would get hot without additonal cooling.. Any other recommendations?
Preferably under 150
Looks like i have 2 options here...
2x QSFP to SFF 8644 + SC 8000 card (~$200) or
2x QSFP to SFF 8088 + SFF-8087 to External 8088 Adapter + M1015 card (~$160 without the card)
cabls found from this site
QSFP to MiniSAS(SFF-8088) DDR Cable 0.5M | QSFP MiniSAS
Anyone bought their cables?
Which one should i choose?
Has anyone tested this..or its variation?
Dell rebrands it to SC 8000
Edit : Gene said earlier it would get hot without additonal cooling.. Any other recommendations?
Preferably under 150
Looks like i have 2 options here...
2x QSFP to SFF 8644 + SC 8000 card (~$200) or
2x QSFP to SFF 8088 + SFF-8087 to External 8088 Adapter + M1015 card (~$160 without the card)
cabls found from this site
QSFP to MiniSAS(SFF-8088) DDR Cable 0.5M | QSFP MiniSAS
Anyone bought their cables?
Which one should i choose?
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Sure, you have to go to:
https://support.hgst.com/dashboard
Register for a support account, you'll need the serial # of your jbod, once your account is approved, go to downloads for the newest firmware and documentation.
https://support.hgst.com/dashboard
Register for a support account, you'll need the serial # of your jbod, once your account is approved, go to downloads for the newest firmware and documentation.