[PLUG] SAS HBA and miniSAS cabling

[Larry Brigman]

Do some searching.  Most of the hba controllers can replace the firmware
with a non-raid version.

On Mar 8, 2018 4:50 PM, "Russell Senior" <russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Wearing my Personal Telco Project non-profit hat at the moment, we got
> a new server by way of a generous grant from FreeGeek, a Dell R720.
> Come to find out, though, Dell's installed RAID controller (H710 mini)
> is missing the ability to treat the drives as Just a Bunch of Disks
> (JBOD).  It is possible to use the H710 mini to create 1-drive RAID0
> arrays and use the resulting virtual disks that way, but
> unfortunately, that breaks hot-swapping which is very desirable for us
> (we don't want to take downtime every time a disk fails).
>
> So, I've been looking at options for installing an LSI or IBM
> ServeRAID controller in so-called IT mode that makes the disks
> available as regular disks.  In order to reach the extra distance to
> the PCIe risers where the Host Bus Adapter (HBA) would be installed,
> we need new, longer cables as well.
>
> Before plumbing the depths of E-bay, I wonder if anyone on this list
> has: a) experience doing this and associated advice; and/or b) a spare
> card and/or cables.
>
> TIA!
>
> --
> Russell Senior, President
> russell at personaltelco.net
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