Hey,
Pretty new to SAS expanders, so this might sound kind of ridiculous, but I recently learned about 2 hosts connecting to 1 backplane, so bare with me...
I have 2 Supermicro hosts in cases with the TQ-style backplanes, so 1 sata-style port per drive
I'm wondering if multiple hosts can be connected to a PCI-type expander, e.g.
If one 4ch SFF-8087 connector goes from HBA to 1 input of SAS expander, and 16 to 24 output ports of expander via 4-6 SFF-8087s, then become available,
Could a second host be connected to the other input of the expander and share the 16-24 output ports?
e.g. Host 1 HBA(4) --> ExpanderIN1(4) --> ExpanderOUT(16) --> TQBackplane(16)
Host 2 HBA(4) --> ExpanderIN2(4) --> --^^^
Please don't laugh...
Pretty new to SAS expanders, so this might sound kind of ridiculous, but I recently learned about 2 hosts connecting to 1 backplane, so bare with me...
I have 2 Supermicro hosts in cases with the TQ-style backplanes, so 1 sata-style port per drive
I'm wondering if multiple hosts can be connected to a PCI-type expander, e.g.
If one 4ch SFF-8087 connector goes from HBA to 1 input of SAS expander, and 16 to 24 output ports of expander via 4-6 SFF-8087s, then become available,
Could a second host be connected to the other input of the expander and share the 16-24 output ports?
e.g. Host 1 HBA(4) --> ExpanderIN1(4) --> ExpanderOUT(16) --> TQBackplane(16)
Host 2 HBA(4) --> ExpanderIN2(4) --> --^^^
Please don't laugh...