does anyone know of any good HBAs with at least 8 mini-sas connectors?
I have 2 Norco 4224 cases. I have them stashed in a closet with very little ventilation. Now before you say horrible idea--I live in an apartment. I understand the importance of cooling but I have no choice. Noise, space and heat are an issue.
One of the Norcos works as a DAS through an Intel expander, the other is the main server and has 4x crossflashed m1015 cards on a supermicro X8ST3-F (which i'm considering upgrading as well)
the m1015 cards generate ALOT of heat. I've placed a 120mm fan, suspended by magnets, directly over the 4 cards to help keep them cool. But with summer coming around, the heat is getting pretty bad and the drives are hovering around 42c
i'd like to swap the 4x m1015 with a single HBA card to possibly lower power consumption and address the heat issues. i was considering the Rocket 750 from the blackblaze pods config but everyone on these forums say HPT + ZFS are a bad combination. I've also read that there're SMART issues with HPT HBAs. and i'm not even sure if the Rocket 750 will work with an expander.
anyone have any suggestions?
I have 2 Norco 4224 cases. I have them stashed in a closet with very little ventilation. Now before you say horrible idea--I live in an apartment. I understand the importance of cooling but I have no choice. Noise, space and heat are an issue.
One of the Norcos works as a DAS through an Intel expander, the other is the main server and has 4x crossflashed m1015 cards on a supermicro X8ST3-F (which i'm considering upgrading as well)
the m1015 cards generate ALOT of heat. I've placed a 120mm fan, suspended by magnets, directly over the 4 cards to help keep them cool. But with summer coming around, the heat is getting pretty bad and the drives are hovering around 42c
i'd like to swap the 4x m1015 with a single HBA card to possibly lower power consumption and address the heat issues. i was considering the Rocket 750 from the blackblaze pods config but everyone on these forums say HPT + ZFS are a bad combination. I've also read that there're SMART issues with HPT HBAs. and i'm not even sure if the Rocket 750 will work with an expander.
anyone have any suggestions?
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