Mail guy just dropped off some more goodies.
LSI SAS9200-8e for connecting the first external chassis via dual-link for 48Gbps.
I could have used my 1015s for this, but it would be messy routing cables between the internal connectors, through a slot on the main chassis, then in through another slot in the external chassis, and then finally to the backplane. This is how I rolled in the past, but maintenance was a pain.
So the external chassis will each get one of these dual-link SFF-8088 to SFF-8087 brackets:
And finally, to connect the all the chassis together, I picked up a 10 pack of these 1 meter SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cables for real cheap on eBay:
I'm toying with the idea of getting a bunch of used 1TB Green drives (about $20 a pop) and filling up all my bays with those instead of going out and buying expensive 4TB units. Here's one example of a lot of 20 for $390:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-20-W...422?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item567210e976
EDIT: Wow, the price really went up. They were $390 Monday. I'm sure they will roll back around at this price point again.
I'll need to calculate how many years it will take to break even on power consumption using 1TB drives vs 4TB drives. :)