Whats the recommended direction here...

[dbwillis]

I have a server Im tossing out, it contains twenty 4TB WD SAS drives (3.5 inch) all should be in good working order, although dated in age
2 options:
let go to the recycler
buy a PCIe SAS controller and cables to use x amount of the drives myself


poked around the Egg between beers...adding cables raises the price quickly
Suggestions ?

 

[cdabc123]

Running SAS drives are really cheap at this point. Buy some raid controllers and put a server together with 80tb raw. This could be done for under $100 building from scratch

 

[mwroobel]

A lot depends on the server. Do you have the space to put it where the noise (which can be significant depending on the box) and the heat will not be an issue? Are you in an area where electricity is more expensive than the national average (an older Xeon or two can really suck down the juice, and the server and 20 drives spinning ain't cheap electrically. Do you want a project?

 

[daglesj]

Sounds like a dividend bonus for the power company shareholders ahoy!

 

[dbwillis]

Decided to put them into the melting pile !

 

[_Gea]

For any serious use case you need filer storage and backup storage. While I would not use 20 disks for 80TB raw (can be done nowadays with 4 disks) you may consider an external SAS Jbod with some of them that you can power up on demand for backup.

 

[Red Falcon]

Running SAS drives are really cheap at this point. Buy some raid controllers and put a server together with 80tb raw. This could be done for under $100 building from scratch

Have a link to any used or NOS SAS drives, along with RAID controllers, that total up to under $100 (assuming USD)?
Most used SAS drives I've seen go for nearly $100 USD each themselves...

 

[cdabc123]

Have a link to any used or NOS SAS drives, along with RAID controllers, that total up to under $100 (assuming USD)?
Most used SAS drives I've seen go for nearly $100 USD each themselves...

used sas drives are plenty cheap, offten the lowest $ a tb of any solution

30 tb plus controllers:
drives https://www.ebay.com/itm/125423669496 -75
controller https://www.ebay.com/itm/394621101155 - 20
cables https://www.ebay.com/itm/225557287038 - 20

This is just a configuration. not the best in any way although you can shop around and find deals on old sas gear. the $100 comment was in referance to already having abunch of drives.