Hello, this is my first post. Please excuse me if it's not the appropriate forum.
I'm putting a couple HDD JBOD enclosures in my DIY cabinet rack. I'm a little confused as of how to best connect the JBOD to the server which will set a few feet away.
Here's a pic of the mini server cabinet. Some more info on the build here.
I've will use (2) 4-bay iStarUSA Trayless HDD Hot-swap Racks. The server is Micro-ATX in a small case, running UnRaid, set next to this cabinet. The cable will have to run 4 feet from server to JBODs.
So I was thinking of this method (in order from Server PC --> the iStar enclosure SATA ports):
Method 1: an LSI 9200-8e 6Gbps in the server 8 lane PCIe slot --> (2) SFF-8088 cables running --> an SFF-8087 to External 8088 mini adapter --> SFF-8087 to SATA 3 breakout cables --> the (8) SATA ports on the JBOD boxes.
Does this make sense?
Also, I'm a little confused on how best to power the iStar JBOD enclosures. They have a built-in fan controller and LED control already. They just need 2 SATA power runs per box (total of 4 SATA ports to power)
Is there any way to run power from my server PC? or must I add a PSU at the JBOD enclosures? If so how do I power it on and off?
Thanks for your help.
I'm putting a couple HDD JBOD enclosures in my DIY cabinet rack. I'm a little confused as of how to best connect the JBOD to the server which will set a few feet away.
Here's a pic of the mini server cabinet. Some more info on the build here.
I've will use (2) 4-bay iStarUSA Trayless HDD Hot-swap Racks. The server is Micro-ATX in a small case, running UnRaid, set next to this cabinet. The cable will have to run 4 feet from server to JBODs.
So I was thinking of this method (in order from Server PC --> the iStar enclosure SATA ports):
Method 1: an LSI 9200-8e 6Gbps in the server 8 lane PCIe slot --> (2) SFF-8088 cables running --> an SFF-8087 to External 8088 mini adapter --> SFF-8087 to SATA 3 breakout cables --> the (8) SATA ports on the JBOD boxes.
Does this make sense?
Also, I'm a little confused on how best to power the iStar JBOD enclosures. They have a built-in fan controller and LED control already. They just need 2 SATA power runs per box (total of 4 SATA ports to power)
Is there any way to run power from my server PC? or must I add a PSU at the JBOD enclosures? If so how do I power it on and off?
Thanks for your help.