I'm quite happy with my HP D2700 and D2600 enclosures. I'm using them with LSI 9205-8e controllers and NexentaStor, but MPxIO definitely works. You will need to find HP drive traysŠ They're available on eBay.
-- Edmund White On 11/13/12 2:08 PM, "Peter Tripp" <pe...@psych.columbia.edu> wrote: >Hi folks, > >I'm in the market for a couple of JBODs. Up until now I've been >relatively lucky with finding hardware that plays very nicely with ZFS. >All my gear currently in production uses LSI SAS controllers (3801e, >9200-16e, 9211-8i) with backplanes powered by LSI SAS expanders (Sun >x4250, Sun J4400, etc). But I'm in the market for SAS2 JBODs to support >a large number 3.5inch SAS disks (60+ 3TB disks to start). > >I'm aware of potential issues with SATA drives/interposers and the whole >SATA Tunneling Protocol (STP) nonsense, so I'm going to stick to a pure >SAS setup. Also, since I've had trouble with in the past with >daisy-chained SAS JBODs I'll probably stick with one SAS 4x cable >(SFF8088) per JBOD and unless there were a compelling reason for >multi-pathing I'd probably stick to a single controller. If possible I'd >rather buy 20 packs of enterprise SAS disks with 5yr warranties and have >the JBOD come with empty trays, but would also consider buying disks with >the JBOD if the price wasn't too crazy. > >Does anyone have any positive/negative experiences with any of the >following with ZFS: > * SuperMicro SC826E16-R500LPB (2U 12 drives, dual 500w PS, single LSI >SAS2X28 expander) > * SuperMicro SC846BE16-R920B (4U 24 drives, dual 920w PS, single unknown >expander) > * Dell PowerVault MD 1200 (2U 12 drives, dual 600w PS, dual unknown >expanders) > * HP StorageWorks D2600 (2U 12 drives, dual 460w PS, single/dual unknown >expanders) > >I'm leaning towards the SuperMicro stuff, but every time I order >SuperMicro gear there's always something missing or wrongly configured so >some of the cost savings gets eaten up with my time figuring out where >things went wrong and returning/ordering replacements. The Dell/HP gear >I'm sure is fine, but buying disks from them gets pricey quick. The last >time I looked they charged $150 extra per disk for when the only added >value was a proprietary sled a shorter warranty (3yr vs 5yr). > >I'm open to other JBOD vendors too, was just really just curious what >folks were using when they needed more than two dozen 3.5" SAS disks for >use with ZFS. > >Thanks >-Peter >_______________________________________________ >zfs-discuss mailing list >zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
