haha nice drives : ) I'll start with 5 or soIts dual ported sas, thats why the 2 module.
each module has an uplink and downlink port.
Depending on how they configured the SAS Expander. It might be able to dual link it on one module. Some are hardcoded tho.
My supermicro 847 backplanes dont care which port I use for uplink.
Ill try it when my cables arrive.
Ha, I'm starting out with 26x8TB and will grow from there.
Page 43 of manual:i would like to know if it's be able to do a dual link instead of dual ported...
it's not the same things to have 8 lines for 30 disks instead of 4 lines for 30 disks....
Its even worse: 60 disks in this enclosure. With Streaming reads and writes you will be able to hit the limits.That mean this enclosure is for spinning disks.
30 spinning hdds will not saturate 4x12Gb/s links. With SSD it's not the same story...
It has 2 expander/controllers in it, which have 2 ports eachCan you clarify how many SAS connectors this has?
If it is a single one, are there adapters from 2x8088 or 4x8088 to 1xQSFP? If so how would thingie figure out which drives are on what lane?
[ 13.093592] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x002a), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a32), phy(50)
[ 13.093594] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x002a), retries(0)
[ 13.093625] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x002a), lun(0)
[ 13.095069] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x002b), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a33), phy(51)
[ 13.095071] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x002b), retries(0)
[ 13.095101] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x002b), lun(0)
[ 13.110301] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x002c), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a35), phy(53)
[ 13.110304] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x002c), retries(0)
[ 13.110336] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x002c), lun(0)
[ 13.111985] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x002d), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a36), phy(54)
[ 13.111988] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x002d), retries(0)
[ 13.112022] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x002d), lun(0)
[ 13.113588] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x002e), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a37), phy(55)
[ 13.113591] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x002e), retries(0)
[ 13.113625] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x002e), lun(0)
[ 13.115121] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x002f), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a39), phy(57)
[ 13.115123] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x002f), retries(0)
[ 13.115154] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x002f), lun(0)
[ 13.116626] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x0030), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a3a), phy(58)
[ 13.116628] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x0030), retries(0)
[ 13.116659] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x0030), lun(0)
[ 13.118417] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x0031), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a3b), phy(59)
[ 13.118419] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x0031), retries(0)
[ 13.118449] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x0031), lun(0)
[ 13.120939] mpt2sas_cm0: detecting: handle(0x0032), sas_address(0x5000ccab02000a7d), phy(68)
[ 13.120942] mpt2sas_cm0: REPORT_LUNS: handle(0x0032), retries(0)
[ 13.121733] mpt2sas_cm0: TEST_UNIT_READY: handle(0x0032), lun(0)
[ 13.133637] mpt2sas_cm0: port enable: SUCCESS
hmm that's a bummer.Hm mine runs now also. Just got some problems to get it working. The solution was to take the other controller. Maybe one controller is broken on mine.... Or I did something wrong. It found always the enclosure but no drives. After changing the drives where found. I'm running with a 9300-8E. Funniest thing is that the controller was about 3 times cheaper (Got it cheap from an ebay bidding) then one cable.
Use mount points?The biggest problem I got now is, that I run out of windows drive letters. Speeds are great on my SATA drives. Get about 700MB/s peak with 4 seagate 5900 rpm drives when I'm reading files parallel.
Have read already from that. But I wasn't sure if drivepool work with mount points. Now I tried it and seems to work fine. Thank you you made me to try itUse mount points?
I use drivepool - I have about 150TB on one server driven through drivepool using mount points so all should be goodHave read already from that. But I wasn't sure if drivepool work with mount points. Now I tried it and seems to work fine. Thank you you made me to try it
I use it in all my storage servers except my (FreeNAS box of course). Main reason is there is no scenario with Drivepool where you lose all your data. Also, Tech support is second to none. They stand behind their products. I have 5 licenses and about to buy another. At 30 bucks, it's a real deal.Yeah drivepool works great. I used it for a bit with Windows Home Server 2008R2. I liked the interface alot, but I just didnt want to go all in for the software. Must say, they seem well organized, the program is stable, and the software looks beautiful.
Been using it as well, with 2 ssd cache drives + ssd plugin. Only thing missing is a option to specify a cloud drive as backup.... Using second pool with cloud drive & freefilesync as backup method for files...Ah, that cool Fritz. I debated between making it my main drive software for my data. After I started reading up on zfs, I eventually decided not to use it fully due to the element of no full parity. I must say, the software works great though and risk of loss seems low. I might re install on a small box in Win 10 and play with it again.