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    Is a Perc H840 capable of JBOD?

    I would be surprised also, but I can't find it documented anywhere. The H810 specifically supports JBOD, but I don't see that listed on the H840. I hope to be able to confirm it before hand, because it would be a lot of effort (and some risk) if it doesn't support it.
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    Is a Perc H840 capable of JBOD?

    Good question! I know it seems insane. I would be repurposing an existing server for something else, and it already has an H840 in it. Since I'll be working with existing external enclosures with ZFS arrays, it would be really handy if it supported JBOD.
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    Is a Perc H840 capable of JBOD?

    I've looked everywhere and I can't find a definitive answer to this question. I'm hoping one of you knows the answer. Thanks in advance!
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    Is there a modern alternative to a Norco DS-24E?

    Thanks for helping me out. I half expected to get flamed with "search for it yourself" posts (which I had done), because I've been out of the scene for so long. It's nice to get actual, helpful responses.
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    Is there a modern alternative to a Norco DS-24E?

    I didn't even think of a server chassis with a backplane in it. That's a great idea! I avoided server chassis, because I didn't want to run a mobo, cpu, ram, etc.. But I think powering that chassis (with included backplane), and adapting it with the card you listed will actually work great...
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    Is there a modern alternative to a Norco DS-24E?

    The HPE M6720 is the only enclosure I've found that is similar, but it's still $700+, and because it's HP I assume there will be some compatibility issues.
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    Is there a modern alternative to a Norco DS-24E?

    3.5" SATA, probably 6TB. I'd prefer a chassis with 24 or more bays.
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    Is there a modern alternative to a Norco DS-24E?

    No, but an external SAS port (with an integrated expander) is. I'll be connecting it to another chassis with a SAS cable (the connector type probably isn't important, as long as I can get a cable to adapt to it).
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    Is there a modern alternative to a Norco DS-24E?

    The last time I added to my NAS was about 5 years ago, when I added a Norco DS-24E, connected with SFF-8088. I'm now looking to add another SAS chassis to my setup, and was planning on purchasing another DS-24E. However, it looks like they are out of production and super expensive (I think I...
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    Any reason not to upgrade from Solaris 11 to 11.2?

    I was receiving errors about SMB sharing with the pool version I was on (v31) with Solaris 11.2. Some googling suggested I needed to upgrade to v35 to fix it. I upgraded it and it fixed it. I was also very interested in the sequential resilvering feature on v35.
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    Any reason not to upgrade from Solaris 11 to 11.2?

    Yes. I could've done that, or simply copied the VM (which is what I wound up doing) for testing. The issue is with the zpool version that comes with 11.2. If I didn't upgrade the zpool to v35, I couldn't use SMB sharing (which I use extensively in my environment). So if I upgraded to 11.2, I...
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    Any reason not to upgrade from Solaris 11 to 11.2?

    Thank you for the reply! All good points, for sure. I read about 11.3, and lots of stuff about it sounds awesome. But I don't want to jump right on the bandwagon of a new release, so I'll probably wait until 6 months or so after its release to upgrade. I wound up biting the bullet and...
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    Any reason not to upgrade from Solaris 11 to 11.2?

    I've had a all-in-one VMWare/ZFS box running for the better part of 5 years. I've recently done some hardware upgrades, which has led me down the path of updating the software i'm running on some of my virtual servers. Since my Solaris 11 box is serving up VMWare with all of my storage space...
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    Quick Norco DS-24 Questions

    1) The plastic piece only exists on the left side. You could set it on the right side. 2) Yes 3) Not that I'm aware of. You could replace the PS and sell the included one, but I think that's your only option. 4) Can't answer this one 5) There's still a lot of fans in the case. Quiet is...
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    RaidZ3 has much smaller available disk space than expected

    Trust the people that are telling you that's too many drives in one VDEV. While it will work, when you experience a failure, it's going to suck big time. I recently had a very stressful 2-3 weeks because I had 24 drives in a VDEV, and I will never do it again. Also, the performance is...
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