WTB/WTT Supermicro 836 TQ/A Backplane

[ajax3712]

Hello all,

Currently have a BPN-SAS2-836-EL1. I'd like to swap that out and replace with a "TQ" or the harder to find "A" version .

Not 100%, but I don't think the metal "frame" for the backplanes are swappable across EL/TQ/A versions (or board revisions), so ideally I'd need that as well. Unfortunately, most of the 836 backplanes being sold on ebay do not have that metal frame.

Thanks!

 

[the-crusher]

I'm curious why you'd want to go from the SAS2 EL1 to the A. Does the A model not have trouble with drives larger than 2TB?

 

[ajax3712]

TBH, I'm not the best person to answer this as I'm learning as I'm doing . But here's my reasoning...

I'm getting into VMs and would like to passthrough a set of drives using a controller dedicated to the vm'd OS. Since a single HBA controls all the drives on a SAS2 EL1, I'd like to switch to a TQ backplane so I have that ability.

 

[the-crusher]

Fair enough. I was curious because I went the opposite direction myself. I have an 836A currently gathering dust. I have no idea what a fair price is for it since I can't find a record of one being sold anywhere. Open to offers or trades if you're interested.

 

[ajax3712]

you got a PM...

 

[Aestr]

I'm curious why you'd want to go from the SAS2 EL1 to the A. Does the A model not have trouble with drives larger than 2TB?

It does not. The A and TQ models are one to one direct connected without any expander so they don't have any issues with drives over 2TB. The problematic backplane is the SAS1 expander.