disk shelf help

[Froggeraj]

ive been looking for a disk shelf for while now looking at the ds4243 and the md1200 and also the naj-0801 couple of questions 1. naj i can get for cheaper then the others is this a bad unit? 2. most of these dont come with caddies where do you guys get them?

[leadeater]

7 minutes ago, Froggeraj said:

most of these dont come with caddies where do you guys get them?

Mostly by already having access to them, which is a crap answer for those that don't. When I have to buy them I just search ebay for the part number (caddies have them) and see how much they are or buy the cheapest disk (usually faulty) that comes in a caddy.

 

8 minutes ago, Froggeraj said:

naj i can get for cheaper then the others is this a bad unit?

Not a bad unit no, just uses the older and slower SAS controller.

 

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DS4243 (IOM3) may be freely mixed with DS2246 or DS4246 shelves (IOM6) with one caveat – all shelves in the stack will be limited to 3Gb/s operation.  The NetApp Best Practice recommendation is to avoid this downward throttling by not mixing shelves of different speeds.

https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1003539/~/can-esh4-%2F-at--fcx-%2F-iom3-%2F-iom6-be-mixed-in-the-same-storage-stack%3F-

 

If you're just using HDDs then 3Gbps operation will be fine, each SAS port is 4 lanes so total bandwidth is good anyway. If you plan on using SSDs then you'll be limiting the per SSD bandwidth a lot but similarly total bandwidth will still be high.

[Windows7ge]

If you're up for it you can build your own. That's what I'm doing. Got a 2U 12 bay on dent & scratch deal. Going to connect it to my server though a SAS expander & SFF-8088 cable to a LSI HBA.

[Froggeraj]

28 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Mostly by already having access to them, which is a crap answer for those that don't. When I have to buy them I just search ebay for the part number (caddies have them) and see how much they are or buy the cheapest disk (usually faulty) that comes in a caddy.

 

Not a bad unit no, just uses the older and slower SAS controller.

 

https://kb.netapp.com/app/answers/answer_view/a_id/1003539/~/can-esh4-%2F-at--fcx-%2F-iom3-%2F-iom6-be-mixed-in-the-same-storage-stack%3F-

 

If you're just using HDDs then 3Gbps operation will be fine, each SAS port is 4 lanes so total bandwidth is good anyway. If you plan on using SSDs then you'll be limiting the per SSD bandwidth a lot but similarly total bandwidth will still be high.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NetApp-DS4246-Disk-Array-Shelf-W-24x-SAS-Trays-2x-IOM6-SAS-Expansion-Array/202404952486?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item2f204679a6:g:ZdoAAOSwhBVdSytX:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!48135!US!-1&enc=AQAEAAAB0BPxNw%2BVj6nta7CKEs3N0qVaHe0lfyKEpTClYeArsEoXYHf0ooktoAsMNCpv07JHAqZlIdBDY1FyCK2KLLI7OJ%2BHhXOrrWTHrr8doMmP%2FjI62c4XuTAJIeqd55097hEXRf7yXAnJqgO1z3xTr%2BYWEh8BdGFSacpoNuWMQK3tEPoBdZrQ8CR7Q3XNIKstX%2BVTP0JmxDqI%2BwAcyztullfpmw8Xh0oclBMYvncs29fUIK8SGNzK0NqZvuMo71L5Ghq%2BNG7Fljq%2FF3AMtu6xuVH4eiyoQ%2BfYS9Twp1qhv5lUOkDzgCLLkg9HkxIwsUERJQMxZwWXTsLKwaBzyXImxgD00unGOQnwDOUeD8KOAUbZalx77QECt%2Blt4HJBz6a6tTewgVODbYyjN72hyZAcWWYTqmMOrgkyIdYpA4BiRs4fB8v6S%2F1pIsjTUqylH0pbJsD%2FwhqLMkyXHigxOE7F3hydGLPfLYwkexVGjRxbZ845ca%2B57ZMUphNA4ug7WYOMf7OSauHnqtd1vNd3bVpROlefYLjGJ3v75D2Kse4pRONGCZw%2FBiF2ilyknp4%2BXfydTLSZxeMYxOcVgq%2BUw3AlaeoFPdPHJ56apzYp0W53Pc14AKcb&checksum=202404952486e55066fee57845158f580e8ba50cc5b1 sooo this would be a good one? its just for plex storage harddrives. 

[leadeater]

37 minutes ago, Froggeraj said:

sooo this would be a good one? its just for plex storage harddrives. 

Yep. The really cheap shipping to NZ on that makes me tempted lol

[Froggeraj]

2 minutes ago, leadeater said:

Yep. The really cheap shipping to NZ on that makes me tempted lol

what expansion card would be good for this. i am running freenas right now plan to move it unraid

[leadeater]

1 minute ago, Froggeraj said:

what expansion card would be good for this. i am running freenas right now plan to move it unraid

LSI 9207-8e or any OEM derivative in IT mode.

[Froggeraj]

On 9/8/2019 at 1:42 AM, leadeater said:

LSI 9207-8e or any OEM derivative in IT mode.

thanks for the help!

[Froggeraj]

On 9/8/2019 at 1:42 AM, leadeater said:

LSI 9207-8e or any OEM derivative in IT mode.

I've decided to buy that disk shelf what cable would I need to connect to it the card