On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:44 PM, nate centos@linuxpowered.net wrote:
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
Anyone got any real world info they can share? I need 3.5" SATA II at
least
12 drives behind SAS, I am not concerned about space and could use multiple 1u chassis if I had to.
What about this?
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13045_na/13045_na.html
The MSA2000sa is a 2U direct attach, external shared storage solution designed for small to medium size deployments or remote locations. It comes in two models - a basic single controller model for low initial cost with the ability to upgrade later; and a model with dual controllers standard for maximum performance. This solution offers a SAS host nterface to accommodate twelve 3.5 inch enterprise class SAS drives and archival-class SATA drives. Additional capacity can easily be added when needed by attaching up to three MSA2000 12 bay drive enclosures. Maximum raw capacity ranges from 3.6TB SAS or 12TB SATA in the base cabinet, to over 14.4TB SAS or 48TB SATA with the addition of the maximum number of drive enclosures.
This page says it supports SATA II
http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/san_arrays/ind...
nate
Sorry for hi-jacking this thread, but it's very interesting. What's the difference, apart from the speed & price between SAS & SATAII?