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Thought id update mine. The Norco 4224 consists of: i7 980, 24gb 1333c9 HD5450 PCI Silverstone 1200G Areca 1880ix-24 24x3tb ST3000DM001/Toshiba ACA 3tb Raid 60 Intel Quad NIC, Intel x520 SFP+ 10gb Intel x540 10g base-t 120mm fan wall w/ Delta 252cfms The SAS box: Rackmountable...

I just attached my SSD via some double sided tape up next to the PSU, simple and easy and its nice and tidy then.

Or getting some of those S3016 16 drive SAS boxes...

Send techbuy an email, thats where i got mine from, for a 1880ix-24 was 1328 + shipping and came with the 6x SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cables. Also there is a few listings for the 1882i and 1882ix on static ice (the 1882i is the latest model)

Norcos 4224's dont have a built in expander, only the DS boxes do (which the OP isnt talking about) and plenty of people including myself have run that exact expander the OP (infact the same setup the OP is suggesting has been done numerous times) without issue. But the biggest issue the OP...

Areca cards have the better compatibility with non enterprise drives, an Areca 1882i will give you the ability to run a dual link to your expander card, and give you raid 5,6 etc Its also a very very fast card. You can also upgrade the ram on the card and add a BBU. If you then wanted to add...

Double checked its a forward breakout cable? Ive had this issue in the past and turned out it was the incorrect cable (reverse breakout cable rather then forward breakout cable)

+1 to Areca cards, i went from an adaptec 52445 to an areca 1880ix-24 and the difference is huge, significantly faster, the UI is alot smoother and offers significantly more features. Also you can look at going for an 8 port like the above said, then get an expander (HP SAS expander as an...

Worked perfectly the moment i plugged it in. Might be an IRQ error perhaps?

Thought i may as well put my server up. Lian Li PC-343 i7 980 @ 3.33ghz Gigabyte X58A-UD7 Rev 1 24gb Kingston 1333C9 Non ECC Corsair TX-750 Seagate 500gb 2.5 inch drive (Boot) Gigabyte ATI 4550 Intel X520 SFP 10gb NIC Areca 1880ix-24 Rocketraid 2320 No Name 5in3's Seagate ST3000DM001 x20 (12...

Yep, you can do this no problem at all, as what above said, its what expanders do. Will turn that 2nd machine into a drive box essentially.

Spin the bridge around the other way.

Correct me if i am wrong, but wasnt part of the sale of hitachi that Toshiba picked up the majority of the work? they are already selling 1tb drives which are just restickered hitachi's, so eventually when toshiba start manufacturing 4tb's you would just get one of those?

Your main concern with HDD's is making sure the 12v rail/rails can handle the initial start up spike of the drives booting. With staggered spinup i can run 38 7200rpm drives off a single Corsair TX-750 because of its beefy single 12v rail. With a PSU like this from EVGA, with staggered...

Yeah the thermals on this case are very ordinary, wouldnt want to have a hot GPU in it thats for sure. The Q25 or Q08 are a much better solution for thermals since they both have removable hdd racks (the Q08 comee out in two parts) and exhaust fans (120mm)

Heh, it got deleted from OCAU so you felt like it deserved a thread over here? Should of brought it from the Aussie distro, also serves a lesson about buying gear O/S and expecting warranty. Its a shame because the guys who run the Australia center are actually quite good.

Just a reminder, when buying breakout cables, make sure you get the right ones, and dont do a me and order the reverse breakouts by mistake. Was pulling my hair out trying to figure out why my new 1880ix was not picking up drives till i figured it was the cables and checked them.

Double check that the pcie lane switches are set to the ON position (its a small red box with 4 white switches located next to the power and reset switches in the top right hand corner of the board.

Cheers for that, its what i thought as well.

Hi guys, Is anyone running the Seagate ST3000DM001 on the areca 1680ix-24? trying to find if these drives are compatible with this particular controller. Cheers