An alternative might be getting a 24-drive chassis with an SAS expander backplane. Something like this one:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/846/SC846E1-R1200.cfm It sells for $1300-$1400-ish. That way you can use a $300-ish SAS/SATA RAID car, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118106 Keep in mind that the chassis you chose is... not very good, and a 24-port SAS RAID card is frequently in the ballpark of $1500. You're going to spend $2000 either way, might as well do it right! On 4/12/2011 10:05 AM, Mark Smith wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I'm thinking of building a storage server for a test environment. > So performance and availability don't have to be the best. > I'm considering this case > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038&cm_re=24_bay_case-_-11-219-038-_-Product > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038&cm_re=24_bay_case-_-11-219-038-_-Product> > Trying to keep the costs down and looking for your recommendations on > a storage controller. > Looks like I need a 24 port SAS controller for this case. > I want RAID 6 and 6 Gb/s would be nice. > I'm assuming a RAID card with an additional expansion card would be the > best value? > > Thanks in advance, > Mark > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Phil Brutsche [email protected] ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
