As the subject says. I am looking to replace my external storage server (Supermicro with 15 drives running freenas and everything over iscsi). I'm trying to pair down the number of servers heating my house currently (I have around 8). I have a HP C3000 with 2 BL620c G7's E5-xxxx series with 2 Cisco 3120's.
I plan on getting a BL460 G8, SAS 6GB/s Switch, and a D2600 or D2700 (drive form factor is not an issue in this choice). What I am trying to avoid is getting the PCI-e passthrough mezzanine card and wasting a slot in the c3000 chassis with the PCI expansion blade (which I would then drop 2 m1015's into).
So far, as far as I can tell, the cards available that I have been able to find are all HP P410i or HP P700 Smart Array controllers. The P410 is for internal drives, and there are only 2 slots (and I boot my blades via iscsi, obviously the FreeNAS server will boot locally), that leaves the P700.. which from the documentation I have found only lists raid levels supported.. I want to pass the drives directly, no raid involved..
So.. the question is.... how does one feed a ton of drives directly to the blade.
I plan on getting a BL460 G8, SAS 6GB/s Switch, and a D2600 or D2700 (drive form factor is not an issue in this choice). What I am trying to avoid is getting the PCI-e passthrough mezzanine card and wasting a slot in the c3000 chassis with the PCI expansion blade (which I would then drop 2 m1015's into).
So far, as far as I can tell, the cards available that I have been able to find are all HP P410i or HP P700 Smart Array controllers. The P410 is for internal drives, and there are only 2 slots (and I boot my blades via iscsi, obviously the FreeNAS server will boot locally), that leaves the P700.. which from the documentation I have found only lists raid levels supported.. I want to pass the drives directly, no raid involved..
So.. the question is.... how does one feed a ton of drives directly to the blade.
