Below is my current build, already assembled. I currently have 8 drives installed, 14TB each. I plan to add 3 more next week. In the future (when HDD prices drop or there is another sale), I'll
Currently, all 8 drives are connected to the 8 onboard SATA ports on the motherboard. I have purchased an LSI SAS9340-8i to handle the rest of my drives as they come (hopefully it will have the bandwidth).
The problem is...when my LSI HBA comes in the mail, I'm not sure how I will be able to get power to the 3 drives, let alone the other 4 I plan to add down the line. Every port on the PSU is occupied with the exception of CPU2, VGA1, and VGA2. Can I purchase extra SATA power cables from EVGA and just plug them in these extra unused ports?
An alternative that I saw was perhaps getting one of these: SATA Power Splitter
I would get this but...how many drives can be daisy chained like this? I believe my PSU came with 3 daisy-chained SATA power cables, each cable could power 3 drives for a total of 9 drives able to get power. Could I use this to extend the daisy chain? I guess what I'm asking is, how many drives can I actually get away with daisy chaining? Is there an alternative that I'm missing?
Also, what is the recommended RAIDZ configuration, assuming I only have 11 drives to work with at the moment? Should I try 6 drives in RAIDZ2 and 4 in RAIDZ1, or maybe 11 in RAIDZ3?
Build:
Chassis: Rosewill 4U RSV-L4500U Rackmount Server Chassis
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 P2 850W
RAM: 2x 16GB Kingston KSM24ED8
CPU: Intel Xeon E-2236 Hexa-core
Motherboard: Supermicro Motherboard MBD-X11SCA-F-O
HDD: 11x Seagate Exos X16 14TB
HBA: LSI SAS9340-8i ServeRAID M1215 12Gbps SAS HBA
Currently, all 8 drives are connected to the 8 onboard SATA ports on the motherboard. I have purchased an LSI SAS9340-8i to handle the rest of my drives as they come (hopefully it will have the bandwidth).
The problem is...when my LSI HBA comes in the mail, I'm not sure how I will be able to get power to the 3 drives, let alone the other 4 I plan to add down the line. Every port on the PSU is occupied with the exception of CPU2, VGA1, and VGA2. Can I purchase extra SATA power cables from EVGA and just plug them in these extra unused ports?
An alternative that I saw was perhaps getting one of these: SATA Power Splitter
I would get this but...how many drives can be daisy chained like this? I believe my PSU came with 3 daisy-chained SATA power cables, each cable could power 3 drives for a total of 9 drives able to get power. Could I use this to extend the daisy chain? I guess what I'm asking is, how many drives can I actually get away with daisy chaining? Is there an alternative that I'm missing?
Also, what is the recommended RAIDZ configuration, assuming I only have 11 drives to work with at the moment? Should I try 6 drives in RAIDZ2 and 4 in RAIDZ1, or maybe 11 in RAIDZ3?
Build:
Chassis: Rosewill 4U RSV-L4500U Rackmount Server Chassis
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 P2 850W
RAM: 2x 16GB Kingston KSM24ED8
CPU: Intel Xeon E-2236 Hexa-core
Motherboard: Supermicro Motherboard MBD-X11SCA-F-O
HDD: 11x Seagate Exos X16 14TB
HBA: LSI SAS9340-8i ServeRAID M1215 12Gbps SAS HBA