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I was afraid of that. I suppose a SAS switch would essentially be the same, bandwidth wise, as an expander but in reverse. I was hoping to use the same architecture as Coraid but with SAS only because it's a proven performer for us.

Thanks for the response. Sorry if I wasn't clear but I'm asking if one can create a JBOD, not a server, using multiple SAS cards avoiding expanders completely. This is how the Coraid shelf is architected. It uses a server populated with 5 SAS controllers each connected to 8 drives max. This...

We have a Coraid ZFS system and are very happy with it's video streaming performance. Unfortunately Coraid's future is gloomy to say the least. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/15/coraid_struggling_say_sources/ I'd like to replicate the Coraid success using Nexenta and SAS in place of...