Hi Guys,
It's time to upgrade my FN, i have Purchased a used SM CS846 Chassis that came with SAS846TQ backplane. at the moment i'm using Avago/Broadcom SAS3 9300-i8 HBA that connects straight to my 4TB x 8 HDD and have 6 x SSD plugged directly to the SATA ports on the X10SRi-F MOBO, see full description of my FN in my signature. The Goal is high performance, future proof, reliability and neath solution by using SAS3 throughout to get 12Gbps. i would like your advice of the best option available in my case. here is the two i was thinking about
Option 1 -
Backplane - BPN-SAS-846A + HBA - LSI 9305-24i + 6 x mini SAS HD cables
with this option the downfall is the backplane is 6Gbps and the HBA is 12Gbps and i would need to purchase a new HBA. The pros i will have a direct connection to drives i.e every 4 drives connects to one port on the HBA.
Option 2 -
Backplane - BPN-SAS3-846EL1 + HBA - LSI 9300-8i + 1 x mini SAS HD cable
This is my favourite option i can use my HBA, SAS3 throughout to get 12Gbps, very neath solution only one cable better airflow, however as i'm using one uplink for all drives (MAX 24 when i add more) which will cause a bottleneck and limiting my bandwidth.
please let me know which option i should go with or if there are better options?
Thank you
It's time to upgrade my FN, i have Purchased a used SM CS846 Chassis that came with SAS846TQ backplane. at the moment i'm using Avago/Broadcom SAS3 9300-i8 HBA that connects straight to my 4TB x 8 HDD and have 6 x SSD plugged directly to the SATA ports on the X10SRi-F MOBO, see full description of my FN in my signature. The Goal is high performance, future proof, reliability and neath solution by using SAS3 throughout to get 12Gbps. i would like your advice of the best option available in my case. here is the two i was thinking about
Option 1 -
Backplane - BPN-SAS-846A + HBA - LSI 9305-24i + 6 x mini SAS HD cables
with this option the downfall is the backplane is 6Gbps and the HBA is 12Gbps and i would need to purchase a new HBA. The pros i will have a direct connection to drives i.e every 4 drives connects to one port on the HBA.
Option 2 -
Backplane - BPN-SAS3-846EL1 + HBA - LSI 9300-8i + 1 x mini SAS HD cable
This is my favourite option i can use my HBA, SAS3 throughout to get 12Gbps, very neath solution only one cable better airflow, however as i'm using one uplink for all drives (MAX 24 when i add more) which will cause a bottleneck and limiting my bandwidth.
please let me know which option i should go with or if there are better options?
Thank you
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