SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter
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I haven't done any research as of yet, but a friend has more than 30 SAS 10k 600GB drives that he'd like to see about testing for use. Only thing is that he's having some trouble finding an appropriate controller.
Hitachi and HGST are the main ones, with some Seagates in the mix.
Is there a suggested card that would drive, that doesn't require server class hardware?
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@gjacobse said in SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter:
Is there a suggested card that would drive, that doesn't require server class hardware?
What do you mean by that?
Any SAS controller PCIe card will work. If you don't have a backplane to put your SAS drives in, you need a SAS breakout cable.
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@gjacobse said in SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter:
a friend has more than 30 SAS 10k 600GB drives that he'd like to see about testing for use. Only thing is that he's having some trouble finding an appropriate controller.
If he's going to use all those 30 drives, he's going to need server class hardware to put them in. No desktop computer has that many drive bays.
I've used some Supermicro servers that wouldn't even be half full with 30 x 2.5" drives.
Looks like this:
4U with 72 x 2.5" bays
And if you want 3.5" drive bays (fits both 2.5" and 3.5" drives):
4U with 36 x 3.5" bays -
@gjacobse said in SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter:
I haven't done any research as of yet, but a friend has more than 30 SAS 10k 600GB drives that he'd like to see about testing for use. Only thing is that he's having some trouble finding an appropriate controller.
Hitachi and HGST are the main ones, with some Seagates in the mix.
Is there a suggested card that would drive, that doesn't require server class hardware?
Easiest thing to do might be a used / refurb server with a SAS setup.... if it's just to pop the drives in to see if they're OK you shouldn't need anything recent or high performance. Literally anything from kijiji / craigslist / ebay with a SAS card and drive bays could do the trick.
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@notverypunny said in SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter:
Literally anything from kijiji
Had to look this up as I've never heard of it before... While could be good to use - in my case it sorta doesn't make sense too... don't know what shipping from Canada to US would cost.. but as it's not a real need -
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@gjacobse said in SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter:
@notverypunny said in SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter:
Literally anything from kijiji
Had to look this up as I've never heard of it before... While could be good to use - in my case it sorta doesn't make sense too... don't know what shipping from Canada to US would cost.. but as it's not a real need -
Ahh, I wasn't aware that it was a canada-only thing since it's part of the ebay family. New wrinkle in my brain this morning.
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I've used a Pci card with breakout cable in the past to test/wipe SAS drives
(reminds me I need to find it and do some more) -
@gjacobse said in SAS 10k 600GB Drive RAID Adapter:
I haven't done any research as of yet, but a friend has more than 30 SAS 10k 600GB drives that he'd like to see about testing for use. Only thing is that he's having some trouble finding an appropriate controller.
Hitachi and HGST are the main ones, with some Seagates in the mix.
Is there a suggested card that would drive, that doesn't require server class hardware?
Cards rarely, if ever, have hardware requirements. But also, a card doesn't likely make any sense for this use case. Plus the key factors in the use case, like cache and RAID level, are not mentioned.
But 99% chance, software RAID is appropriate here.
