Hello!
I have a 2U 826 supermicro with an BPN-SAS-826A backplane. I have 14 drives in it (12 in caddies and 2 internal) all wired directly into x10sdv-4c-7tp4f. I would like to switch this 826 to a JBOD and connect it to my primary server machine via external connection (I have a 9300-8e and a 9200-16e available); I also have a CSE-PTJBOD-CB3 which I would like to use for this set up. Most of my drives are sata spinners with exception of a few sata ssds.
I am seeing multiple ways of doing this and I would like to validate these / do a sanity check.
1. Wire 826A backplane into molex powered 82885T then link via external cables into 9300-8e in my primary machine.
2. Swap 826A backplane to an expander EL backplane and link via external cables into 9300-8e in my primary machine.
3. Wire 826A backplane into into 9200-16e in my primary machine. Can I use AOM-SAS3-8I8E brackets in this case to make it cleaner? Could cable length become an issue here?
4. Any other approaches I could be missing?
Thanks for your help!
I have a 2U 826 supermicro with an BPN-SAS-826A backplane. I have 14 drives in it (12 in caddies and 2 internal) all wired directly into x10sdv-4c-7tp4f. I would like to switch this 826 to a JBOD and connect it to my primary server machine via external connection (I have a 9300-8e and a 9200-16e available); I also have a CSE-PTJBOD-CB3 which I would like to use for this set up. Most of my drives are sata spinners with exception of a few sata ssds.
I am seeing multiple ways of doing this and I would like to validate these / do a sanity check.
1. Wire 826A backplane into molex powered 82885T then link via external cables into 9300-8e in my primary machine.
2. Swap 826A backplane to an expander EL backplane and link via external cables into 9300-8e in my primary machine.
3. Wire 826A backplane into into 9200-16e in my primary machine. Can I use AOM-SAS3-8I8E brackets in this case to make it cleaner? Could cable length become an issue here?
4. Any other approaches I could be missing?
Thanks for your help!