I have a home server that I use for storing various things and I'm getting to the point where I need to expand it's storage. Here's my current configuration:
Case: Norco 4220 (holds 20 hot swap drives)
RAID Card: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-16i
OS Drive: 120gig SSD plugged into motherboard SATA port.
Storage Pool Drives (Plugged into RAID Card): 14x 2TB drives in a RAID 6
My case has 5 backplanes on it. The Raid card has only 4 SAS ports, and each of those is connected to one of the backplanes in the case. Therefore I have 1 backplane that is unplugged and unused. Each backplane connection supports 4 drives.
What are my options for expanding my raid? Since I've already used all the connections on my raid card, I can't really hook up an expander. I have 6 more slots free in the case, but my raid card only has capacity to add two more drives.
Case: Norco 4220 (holds 20 hot swap drives)
RAID Card: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-16i
OS Drive: 120gig SSD plugged into motherboard SATA port.
Storage Pool Drives (Plugged into RAID Card): 14x 2TB drives in a RAID 6
My case has 5 backplanes on it. The Raid card has only 4 SAS ports, and each of those is connected to one of the backplanes in the case. Therefore I have 1 backplane that is unplugged and unused. Each backplane connection supports 4 drives.
What are my options for expanding my raid? Since I've already used all the connections on my raid card, I can't really hook up an expander. I have 6 more slots free in the case, but my raid card only has capacity to add two more drives.