I am looking to buy a cheap HP Storageworks enclosure for 3.5" SAS (or combination of SAS and SATA) from eBay. This would be to expand my existing RAID array on my HP DL380 with 2.5" drives. I would use a SAS cable from the DL380 to hookup into the external RAID enclosure. I found a few $100 (or lower) I want to save money.
Can anyone provide insight to help me pick out a box ? I also need to pick out an external SAS card to install in the DL380 to link the external SAS box. It looks like I can use either SAS on older model boxes and newer ones have both SAS and fibre channel is that right ?
I am confused with the different models. MSA50, MSA60, MSA70. Then are D2600, D3700, M6412-A AG638B, 201SA AJ753A, etc... I do not know what year/era these models are from, overwhelmed with reading research so far.
Can anyone provide insight to help me pick out a box ? I also need to pick out an external SAS card to install in the DL380 to link the external SAS box. It looks like I can use either SAS on older model boxes and newer ones have both SAS and fibre channel is that right ?
I am confused with the different models. MSA50, MSA60, MSA70. Then are D2600, D3700, M6412-A AG638B, 201SA AJ753A, etc... I do not know what year/era these models are from, overwhelmed with reading research so far.