[Cialug] sata drive bays

[Dave Hala Jr]

I'm definitely gonna use an old server.  I've got a dell dual cpu dual
core 2850 laying around.  I'm debating on pulling the scsi back plane
out of it and sticking the sata drives in the scsi bays, or using a
reasonably priced external bay.

I was  also considering taking a 4u rack chassis that I have and putting
in a pair of these bays: 

http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-Multi-Bay-Internal-Drives-KF-4001-BK/dp/B0042U4DKC/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1317315137&sr=1-14


:) Dave

On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 11:04 -0500, David Champion wrote:
> Those are OK... the price is pretty high for just the chassis and no
> drives.
> 
> I bet the price is lower, and performance is better if you buy the
> used server and install your own open source NAS software.
> 
> Even buying new equipment, you can get a bottom-end Dell T110 server,
> with 4 internal SATA bays for about 1/2 of what that Synology box
> costs. It is bigger, and takes a bit more work on your part, but IMHO
> you end up with a better device.
> 
> -dc
> 
> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com>
> wrote:
>         this just came over from omaha, it's 5 by default, but there's
>         an addon:
>         
>         <<<<
>         FYI-
>         
>         I got a Synology DS1511+ a few weeks ago and it's AWESOME!  (
>         http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004GKLT4G )
>         
>         It's the smallest 5-spindle server I can imagine.  And under
>         the hood, it's
>         just a (slightly funky) linux box.
>         
>         I'm disappointed with the 5-bay addon (DX510
>         http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DTLXKG) because it's
>         really slow
>         compared to the primary 5.
>         
>         But now I have a 10-disk 12TB raided NAS that does a whole lot
>         of cool
>         stuff, using a great web interface, and I can inspect its
>         internals like any
>         other linux server.
>         
>         And it's small enough that my cat has trouble lying on it
>         comfortably...
>         >>>>
>         
>         -barry
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On 9/28/2011 12:53 PM, Dave Hala Jr wrote:
>                 I saw those, they were cool. Never though about
>                 looking for a used
>                 one... ebay here I come!!!
>                 
>                 
>                 On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 12:44 -0500, David Champion
>                 wrote:
>                         There is (was) a supermicro 12-bay 2U server
>                         with hot-swap bays, you
>                         can find them used for a very reasonable
>                         price, and install something
>                         like FreeNAS or OpenFiler.
>                         
>                         -dc
>                         
>                         On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Dave Hala
>                         Jr<dave at 58ghz.net>  wrote:
>                                 I'm looking for a low cost sata drive
>                         bay. 6-12 drive capacity
>                                 would be
>                                 nice. Redundant power would be great,
>                         but not mandatory.
>                         
>                                 Anyone find anything reasonably
>                         priced? Google turns up a lot
>                                 of stuff
>                                 but its really hard to sort through.
>                         
>                                 :) Dave
>                         
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