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Ken Mandelberg
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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:59 am Post subject: Cheap Array Enclosure for ZFS pool? |
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We have 14 500GB PATA drives left over from another project. Given that
ZFS seems to prefer working with jbod's, does anyone know of an
inexpensive enclosure with an fcal interface to host the disks? |
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Thommy M. Malmström
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Array Enclosure for ZFS pool? |
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Ken Mandelberg wrote:
| Quote: | We have 14 500GB PATA drives left over from another project. Given that
ZFS seems to prefer working with jbod's, does anyone know of an
inexpensive enclosure with an fcal interface to host the disks?
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Maybe this?
http://www.ronver.com/eng/index.php?section=brands&BrandId=37#ProdId96 |
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Colin B.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Array Enclosure for ZFS pool? |
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In comp.unix.solaris Ken Mandelberg <km@mathcs.emory.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | We have 14 500GB PATA drives left over from another project. Given that
ZFS seems to prefer working with jbod's, does anyone know of an
inexpensive enclosure with an fcal interface to host the disks?
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I was looking at some Addonics ones the other day. They start at under
$200 for a six-disk enclosure, and can be mated with the interface of
your choice. Might be a bit small for your needs, but it's worth looking.
http://www.addonics.com/
Colin |
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Liam Greenwood
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Array Enclosure for ZFS pool? |
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:15 GMT, Colin B.
<cbigam@somewhereelse.nucleus.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I was looking at some Addonics ones the other day. They start at under
$200 for a six-disk enclosure, and can be mated with the interface of
your choice. Might be a bit small for your needs, but it's worth looking.
http://www.addonics.com/
Colin
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Hi Colin
I was looking for an enclosure on their site that let's me put in
a bunch of IDE disks, and then lets you connect the enclosure as a
SCSI array. All I can find that does IDE to SCSI (or SATA to SCSI
for that matter) are single disk adapters.
Could you provide a pointer to the one you were considering?
Thank you!
Cheers, Liam |
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Douglas O'Neal
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Array Enclosure for ZFS pool? |
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Liam Greenwood wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:15 GMT, Colin B.
cbigam@somewhereelse.nucleus.com> wrote:
I was looking at some Addonics ones the other day. They start at under
$200 for a six-disk enclosure, and can be mated with the interface of
your choice. Might be a bit small for your needs, but it's worth looking.
http://www.addonics.com/
Colin
Hi Colin
I was looking for an enclosure on their site that let's me put in
a bunch of IDE disks, and then lets you connect the enclosure as a
SCSI array. All I can find that does IDE to SCSI (or SATA to SCSI
for that matter) are single disk adapters.
Could you provide a pointer to the one you were considering?
Thank you!
Cheers, Liam
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Haven't tried it on Solaris, but I do have a box with four IDE drives
appearing as a SCSI controller to the system. Look at ACARD ARS 3020
at http://www.acard.com. Box appears to be scalable past four drives
but I have not needed that capability yet. |
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Colin B.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Array Enclosure for ZFS pool? |
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In comp.unix.solaris Liam Greenwood <liam@nessie.xinqu.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:45:15 GMT, Colin B.
cbigam@somewhereelse.nucleus.com> wrote:
I was looking at some Addonics ones the other day. They start at under
$200 for a six-disk enclosure, and can be mated with the interface of
your choice. Might be a bit small for your needs, but it's worth looking.
http://www.addonics.com/
Colin
Hi Colin
I was looking for an enclosure on their site that let's me put in
a bunch of IDE disks, and then lets you connect the enclosure as a
SCSI array. All I can find that does IDE to SCSI (or SATA to SCSI
for that matter) are single disk adapters.
Could you provide a pointer to the one you were considering?
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Well I was looking at doing eSATA directly, but I thought there were
FCAL or SCSI adaptors. Now of course, I can't find them.
Looks like a false lead on my part. Sorry about that. Mind you, it makes
me curious about getting a SATA controller for my Ultra60. I've got enough
old shoeboxes around that four SATA drives connected to the Ultra60 would
convince me to turn off the Sun SCSI multipacks (with their 9-18GB drives).
Sorry about the misleading info.
Colin |
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Liam Greenwood
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| Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: Re: Cheap Array Enclosure for ZFS pool? |
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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:08:47 GMT, Colin B.
<cbigam@somewhereelse.nucleus.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Could you provide a pointer to the one you were considering?
Well I was looking at doing eSATA directly, but I thought there were
FCAL or SCSI adaptors. Now of course, I can't find them.
Looks like a false lead on my part. Sorry about that. Mind you, it makes
me curious about getting a SATA controller for my Ultra60. I've got enough
old shoeboxes around that four SATA drives connected to the Ultra60 would
convince me to turn off the Sun SCSI multipacks (with their 9-18GB drives).
Sorry about the misleading info.
Colin
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No worries, any info is useful :-)
Thank you
Cheers, Liam |
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