I'm looking at:
SGI Rackable 3U Storage Das Server SE3016 16 Trays SAS Cable JBOD SAS SATA | eBay
combined with the following hba card:
New Dell Dual Port Controller External SAS 6Gbps HBA J53X3 R810 R710 R910 | eBay
Goals:
1. I bought 10 4tb drives and would like to setup a software raid using moosefs. I currently have a different setup using the motherboard sata connectors and is quite messy. Would love to setup something in an enclosure especially at this price point
Questions:
1. Would the card support 4tb drives off the bat? or would it require a firmware upgrade. I'm scared about doing bios updates. My preference would be for a setup which is as simple as possible even if it means spending a few 100 dollars more.
2. The card says that it supports 8 ports and has 2 sas connectors, however the enclosure has 16 bays and one sas in and one sas out connector? How would the card support 16 drives? I would like the drives to come up as saa sab sac .... so then I can setup them up with moosefs quite easily.
SGI Rackable 3U Storage Das Server SE3016 16 Trays SAS Cable JBOD SAS SATA | eBay
combined with the following hba card:
New Dell Dual Port Controller External SAS 6Gbps HBA J53X3 R810 R710 R910 | eBay
Goals:
1. I bought 10 4tb drives and would like to setup a software raid using moosefs. I currently have a different setup using the motherboard sata connectors and is quite messy. Would love to setup something in an enclosure especially at this price point
Questions:
1. Would the card support 4tb drives off the bat? or would it require a firmware upgrade. I'm scared about doing bios updates. My preference would be for a setup which is as simple as possible even if it means spending a few 100 dollars more.
2. The card says that it supports 8 ports and has 2 sas connectors, however the enclosure has 16 bays and one sas in and one sas out connector? How would the card support 16 drives? I would like the drives to come up as saa sab sac .... so then I can setup them up with moosefs quite easily.