Apologies if this turns out to be an FAQ, but I did go back at least six months in this forum and saw the MD1000 discussed: Dell MD1000 with non Dell hard drive, is it work?
The PSU in my SE3016 died during a power outage a few months ago (swapped in an old HP MSA60 @ 1.5Gbps). Replacing the PSU produced an array that would run, and the host (HP DL380 G6 / LSI SAS2008) could see the "environmental services" for the array, but not the drives. And it seems the supply of this model has dried up over the past few years...
Not interested in replacing the DL380 at the moment, so I'm in the market for a JBOD with at least 12 3.5" SATA-capable bays. A single 4 port host connection (SFF-8088, etc) is fine, but I've no objection to something that would run in a split-backplane config and use another 4 ports. Minimum speed is 3Gbps w/ SATA drives (Toshiba 3TB DT01ACA3 currently, hoping for 6+TB replacements in a year). Redundant PSUs might be nice, too.
From searching the 'Net today there are at least a few possibilities without spending a lot:
So, anybody care to recommend one of these over the others, or something else entirely?
Thanks!
--Steve.
The PSU in my SE3016 died during a power outage a few months ago (swapped in an old HP MSA60 @ 1.5Gbps). Replacing the PSU produced an array that would run, and the host (HP DL380 G6 / LSI SAS2008) could see the "environmental services" for the array, but not the drives. And it seems the supply of this model has dried up over the past few years...
Not interested in replacing the DL380 at the moment, so I'm in the market for a JBOD with at least 12 3.5" SATA-capable bays. A single 4 port host connection (SFF-8088, etc) is fine, but I've no objection to something that would run in a split-backplane config and use another 4 ports. Minimum speed is 3Gbps w/ SATA drives (Toshiba 3TB DT01ACA3 currently, hoping for 6+TB replacements in a year). Redundant PSUs might be nice, too.
From searching the 'Net today there are at least a few possibilities without spending a lot:
- HP D2600 (did I say without spending a lot?)
- HP M6612 - if actually a different model to above
- HP MSA 2000 - certain models, maybe AJ751A?
- Dell MD3x00
- Dell MD1000
- Hitachi AMS-2x00
So, anybody care to recommend one of these over the others, or something else entirely?
Thanks!
--Steve.
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