Which backplane?

[vr.]

I'm may be missing the obvious but does anyone know the model of the backplane in this unit and if it can be purchased without the cabinet?

http://www.rackmountpro.com/product.aspx?prodid=3501&catid=247

 

[Old Hippie]

Holds 24 drives?

She's a beauty....Good Luck!

 

[vr.]

The cabinet here is $1225.

Not horrible, but I'm still searching if the backplanes can be had separately like Supermicro or RAIDON can?

 

[Blue Fox]

Not identical, but Supermicro's BPN-SAS2-216EL1 should be very similar. Not sure why you would want just the backplane though.

 

[vr.]

...Not sure why you would want just the backplane though.

Eight devices into the space of two 5 1/4 spaces has some appeal to me.

Edit: though I think in the long run it will be cheaper to go with this style: 4-in-1

 

[Blue Fox]

That case more than likely uses a single large backplane instead of three smaller ones. If you looked on Supermicro's site, you would find all the info you need along with the part number for an 8 drive SAS expander backplane.

 

[vr.]

I would wager I would never find the info on Supermicros site for the original chassis I posted about.

 

[Blue Fox]

No, but you would for the 8 bay Supermicro mobile rack that you posted.

 

[vr.]

Oh, I'm not questioning the SMI one or the RaidOn one I linked too. There seems to be info all over the web about those two.