It does not make any sense to mod DS4486. If you want 24 drives - just get DS4243 for $100 less.If I understood correctly, these are 100% sata-only, due to how the caddies connect two drives using a single sas connector to the backplane.
I wonder if there's any chance one could mod the caddies to mount a single sas drive in the rear position while connecting it directly into the backplane instead of through the interposer. This would be a destructive mod, which would lose the ability to use dual drives per caddy, but it will open up this shelf to SAS drives...
I'm afraid I'm not based in the US, and this specific listing is actually much cheaper than a DS4243/DS4246 after shipping for me...It does not make any sense to mod DS4486. If you want 24 drives - just get DS4243 for $100 less.
Do I need a FAS controller (i.e. FAS8020) in order for the shelves to work? If yes how many and what model number?I know little about a NetApp Filer. How does the shelf/controller connect to the network? How would it connect to a VM Host? Is the connection 10G?
What is the model number of the 60 bay unit?I posted this earlier, be warned on these units...if a drive fails you have to take the jbod out of production and pull 2 drives to replace the one bad drive, you cannot do this while it is running since you will always be taking 2 drives out of production when you pull the drive sled.
If you are using these for anything outside of a home lab or testing, it would be better to find a top loading 60 bay unit so you can swap 1 drive at a time.
Would read this thread.If I understood correctly, these are 100% sata-only, due to how the caddies connect two drives using a single sas connector to the backplane.
I wonder if there's any chance one could mod the caddies to mount a single sas drive in the rear position while connecting it directly into the backplane instead of through the interposer. This would be a destructive mod, which would lose the ability to use dual drives per caddy, but it will open up this shelf to SAS drives...
Hi Loto Bak,Just got a couple of these units finally.
My unit has 2 IOM6's with 4 PSUs
Unit all 4 PSU I get;
4.2 amps at initial startup
3.2 amps mid startup
1.4 amps idle
1.0 amps with only 1 PSU enabled
Noise is very acceptable IMO.
Let me know if you guys have any questions I can awnser
I didn't pull PSU's out when testing, just ran them unplugged.Hi Loto Bak,
Are they louder with 2 PSU or 4 PSU? Or mostly the same?
Super Quiet? - can you somehow quantify that? Super Quiet is relative to the environment If you have a Boeing 747 running its engine next to it, everything is super quietMy DS4246 draws around 100 watt without disks and super quiet when I connected only one power supply and IOM