dasaint
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Hey all,
I wanted to share an idea, and was wondering if someone here might be able to help me find the enclosure i am looking for or at least have had experiences with the enclosures i have been considering.
the idea is to get rid of my Rackmount System long term and make my ESX(i) hosts into something more portable but of course that has a starting point.
My ZFS Storage enclosure for my Media.
My idea is to take a 8 Drive SATA/SAS Enclosure something like a Sans Digital TR8X model that has SAS Connectors on it. Replace the PSU with something better (apparently the ones inside are crap) and mount a Mini-ITX motherboard with 16GB Ram something like this (http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=16622.0) inside the TR8X under the drive trays where there is a HUGE gap. rewire the power switch to fire with the motherboard and make the enclosure quiet.
After that i would remove the SAS plugs on the back most likely and route to a PCI-Express card internally that had a LSI 1068E on it and route that to a VM with 4-8GB ram of the host and be able to host a few other machines on it as well.
The key is i want it silent as much as possible good airflow and a compact case holding 8 drives (adding the mini-itx is just more fun for me)
I have been searching enclosures but haven't had much besides the TR8X pop out as a possibility for the design i want to roll with.
Any ideas or Enclosures others could recommend would be greatly appreciated. i have heard of one Chinese Enclosure that exists however it is not easy to get.
Ideas/Thoughts? Also has to be Cost Effective!
I wanted to share an idea, and was wondering if someone here might be able to help me find the enclosure i am looking for or at least have had experiences with the enclosures i have been considering.
the idea is to get rid of my Rackmount System long term and make my ESX(i) hosts into something more portable but of course that has a starting point.
My ZFS Storage enclosure for my Media.
My idea is to take a 8 Drive SATA/SAS Enclosure something like a Sans Digital TR8X model that has SAS Connectors on it. Replace the PSU with something better (apparently the ones inside are crap) and mount a Mini-ITX motherboard with 16GB Ram something like this (http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=16622.0) inside the TR8X under the drive trays where there is a HUGE gap. rewire the power switch to fire with the motherboard and make the enclosure quiet.
After that i would remove the SAS plugs on the back most likely and route to a PCI-Express card internally that had a LSI 1068E on it and route that to a VM with 4-8GB ram of the host and be able to host a few other machines on it as well.
The key is i want it silent as much as possible good airflow and a compact case holding 8 drives (adding the mini-itx is just more fun for me)
I have been searching enclosures but haven't had much besides the TR8X pop out as a possibility for the design i want to roll with.
Any ideas or Enclosures others could recommend would be greatly appreciated. i have heard of one Chinese Enclosure that exists however it is not easy to get.
Ideas/Thoughts? Also has to be Cost Effective!