Comments on: These trays are hard to get http://blog.duber.cz/misc/these-trays-are-hard-to-get the blog of duber studio™ Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:10:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: loocas http://blog.duber.cz/misc/these-trays-are-hard-to-get/comment-page-1#comment-3215 loocas Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:17:48 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/these-trays-are-hard-to-get#comment-3215 Hi, Eric, thanks for the tip. However, I'm using simple SATA drives and they have a bit different connectors, so I used those interposer cards to "convert" them to SAS for the MD1000. Isn't that necessary? As for 2TB drives, yeah, that's awesome! However, a bit pricey as the WD RE 2TB drives are quite expensive, presently. But I do plan on upgrading to 15x2TB drives in a year or so. Right now, the 5TB of online storage I have there is well enough. :) Hi, Eric,

thanks for the tip. However, I’m using simple SATA drives and they have a bit different connectors, so I used those interposer cards to “convert” them to SAS for the MD1000. Isn’t that necessary?

As for 2TB drives, yeah, that’s awesome! However, a bit pricey as the WD RE 2TB drives are quite expensive, presently. But I do plan on upgrading to 15x2TB drives in a year or so. Right now, the 5TB of online storage I have there is well enough. :)

]]> By: Eric Hunsader http://blog.duber.cz/misc/these-trays-are-hard-to-get/comment-page-1#comment-3214 Eric Hunsader Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:07:45 +0000 http://blog.duber.cz/misc/these-trays-are-hard-to-get#comment-3214 You don't really need those interposer "cards", unless you want to access the MD-1000 from more than one server simultaneously. Those interposer cards main function is providing 2 SAS addresses for each drive. Also, you can use 2TB drives for a total of 30tb per MD1000! You don’t really need those interposer “cards”, unless you want to access the MD-1000 from more than one server simultaneously. Those interposer cards main function is providing 2 SAS addresses for each drive.
Also, you can use 2TB drives for a total of 30tb per MD1000!

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