On 1/3/14, 11:04 PM, Hans J. Albertsson wrote: > > On 2014-01-03 18:53, Saso Kiselkov wrote: >> On 1/3/14, 5:52 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> On 1/3/14, 5:43 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote: >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> On 1/3/14, 3:14 PM, Roman Naumenko wrote: >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>> 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). >>>>>>> Ok, lets run the numbers for icybox >>>>>>> http://www.raidsonic.de/data/datasheet/raidon/EN/datasheet_iS2880_e.pdf >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'll probably need this model, iS2880-8S-U5D - 245$ on amazon. >>>>>> What do 8x 2.5'' spindles give you that 5x 3.5'' don't? Do you >>>>>> need >>>>>> the extra performance? >>>>> That was only the model with 8 drives on that website. >>>>> I don't think there there are descent enclosures with >=8 disks and >>>>> <400$ >>>> You do realize there's a difference between 2.5'' and 3.5'' drives, >>>> right? >>> I'm with both hands for 3.5 >>> But where to put them?! Nothing descent even closer available that >>> would fit $1000 target. >> What's the problem with this thing: >> http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-036-BT > > How do you power it?? There's no power supply so unless it can be fitted > into a preexisting machine with a few spare Molex connectors, what do > you do??
External powersupply, short out two pins and you're good to go. A modern PSU usually has enough extra oomph that it will happily power a few of these at a time. -- Saso _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
