Hello, I recently received an HP MSA70 to test. It also allows cascaded config, which is a further point of interest. Has anyone already tried it with success and, especially, with which controller? Thanks P Il 03/gen/2014 13:28 "Saso Kiselkov" <skiselkov...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> On 1/3/14, 12:13 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote: > > Saso Kiselkov said the following, on 03-01-14 5:47 AM: > >> So you'd rather pay $650 instead of $400 for the exact same 10TB > >> instead? (i.e. 10x1TB ($65) vs. 5x2TB ($80)) Why are you so heavily > >> focused on the number of spindles vs capacity? > > Well, theoretically if 1TB works I don't see the reason why 2TB wouldn't. > Because they're much more expensive on a $/GB basis than equivalent > 3.5'' drives (and much slower). Also, you can get 4TB 3.5'' drives > today, whereas 2.5'' maxes out at half that. > > >> Also, the IcyBox I recommended to you is a tiny thing you can run on > >> your desk or stick underneath a staircase out of sight. The MSA50, on > >> the other hand, is a huge rack-mounted hunk of loud fans. Not least of > >> all it's gonna cost you a lot more over time if you factor in > >> electricity costs (http://dft.ba/-7EzE). > > Power is 200W, I can live with that. > > 200W running for 8760 hours (1 year) comes to around $200 (at > $0.12/kWh). That IcyBox consumes less than 1/4 of that, so if you're > examining your finances so carefully, factor in an extra $300 over 2 > years you'll spend on the MSA50. > > >> I just don't get this obsession of yours with datacenter-grade hardware. > > Expandable and works. > And a small box with a power supply and pass-through connectors somehow > doesn't work? You know you can get SFF-8088 to individual SATA/SAS > fanout cables, right? And once you stuff the HP MSA50 full of 1TB hard > drives, it's not expandable anymore. And if you're going to be replacing > hard drives in the MSA50, you can do the same in the IcyBox. > > > Nothing with SFF-8088 comes even close with the > > price (plus all those brand-new jbods in the price range 1000-2000 - is > > utterly junk). > This is used outdated 3G SAS kit you're showing, so it's pretty clear > it'd be much cheaper. > > Overall I think you're trying to save money on entirely the wrong > things. Get a few good high-capacity disks and a low-power enclosure and > don't worry about buying a SAS HBA (or if you do, buy one which doesn't > limit you to 2TB per drive). > > -- > Saso > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
