Areca 1880 ixl-24 with sas expander in another system

[erixon]

I have 2 fileserevers in two xcase RM 424 cases. In fileserver 1 i have the areca card. it's filled up with 24 drives now. To save some money is it possible to use a sas expander in fileserver 2. Or is it a bad idea?

 

[gjs278]

I believe this is exactly what expanders were made for, so I don't think it's a bad idea.

 

[Copie247]

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.

 

[erixon]

Any recommendation on witch one to buy?

 

[terayon1515]

Any recommendation on witch one to buy?

HP SAS Expander is the most popular, 32 ports after uplink, make sure you get a new Rev. green-PCB one:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1484614

Intel RES2SV240 is good, though only has 20ports after connection. Bonus is it has a molex connector so you don't need a dummy mobo to turn the ATX PSU on:
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1548839&highlight=RES2SV240

Tx,
JM

 

[erixon]

If i use a hp sas expander in fileserver 2, (it has mobo and psu and i'm using it as a server) What will happen if i shut it down.
The expander will lose power of course. Will drives drop out off my raid then ?

 

[terayon1515]

If i use a hp sas expander in fileserver 2, (it has mobo and psu and i'm using it as a server) What will happen if i shut it down.
The expander will lose power of course. Will drives drop out off my raid then ?

Absolutely, if power is dropped, so will the drives.

 

[erixon]

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