Re: Backplanes

2009-10-04 Thread Gaby Vanhegan
On 4 Oct 2009, at 17:11, Marco Peereboom wrote: Don't use dual port on SATA unless you have some sort of interposer (little device between the drive and the backplane) that unfucks the SATA protocol. The current setup is a 4 channel SATA RAID card directly connected to each of the four driv

Re: Backplanes

2009-10-04 Thread Marco Peereboom
> SATA backplanes? They're not expicitly listed in /i386.html and I'm > looking to use one with an LSI MegaRaid card in RAID5 mode. > > Some have one port per drive, some have two ports for all 5 drives, I > guess I want the one port per drive model but having not used a

Backplanes

2009-10-04 Thread Gaby Vanhegan
Does anybody have any good/bad experiences using any of the IcyBox SATA backplanes? They're not expicitly listed in /i386.html and I'm looking to use one with an LSI MegaRaid card in RAID5 mode. Some have one port per drive, some have two ports for all 5 drives, I guess I want th

Re: SATA 'backplanes'

2006-11-30 Thread Jon Simola
On 11/30/06, L. V. Lammert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: seems like these 'SATA Backplanes' would be better space wise Backplanes, in general, are something I really appreciate. Better cooling and cabling, and quite good for storage density. Spend time and the extra money get

SATA 'backplanes'

2006-11-30 Thread L. V. Lammert
Looking to rebuild some servers, .. seems like these 'SATA Backplanes' would be better space wise over individual chassis (tower cases, not rack mount): http://www.startech.com/info/downloads/mobile_storage_line_list.pdf Is there any downside to these? Planning on LS