Ontopic Random Computer-Electronics Thread

[Valve1138]

Just bought 16 x 8TB sas3 drives at 43 a piece.

5.25 a TB is about the best price ive seen. THeyve got like 35000 hours on em, and SAS drives are rated for 1.2M hours.

Ill have an out of the box ready to go 64tb box if anyone wants an instant storage solution, with my old drives.

Almost got you beat.

Just loaded up 4x12tb and 5x16tb in a new box.

But I have 31 in the old one. And 24 in another one.

 

[Domon]

112 usable should future proof me for a bit.

 

[Valve1138]

I need to shift Radarr to the new NAS and turn UHD 4K E-Peen on for everything and let it do its thing.

 

[fly]

Just bought 16 x 8TB sas3 drives at 43 a piece.

5.25 a TB is about the best price ive seen. THeyve got like 35000 hours on em, and SAS drives are rated for 1.2M hours.

Ill have an out of the box ready to go 64tb box if anyone wants an instant storage solution, with my old drives.

Jesus, where?!?!?!?

edit: SAS fuck

 

[Domon]

ebay.. seller had 10+, but looks like they sold out. Listing is gone.

HUH728080AL5200 HGST 8TB 7.2K RPM SAS-3 HDD | eBay

TheseHGST 8TB 7.2K RPM SAS-3 HDDs PN#HUH728080AL5200 are audited and refurbished by our in-house engineering and auditing team. Lift gate / loading receiving bay information.

www.ebay.com

list price was 50 per, shipped. I offered 43 per

 

[fly]

How do you find out about this shit?

 

[Domon]

that one was just straight luck. Dude on reddit /r/homelabsales was trying to price a bunch of 8tb sas and I did an ebay search to see what current pricing was, and that one popped up.

I posted the it on reddit.... and the user after me bought the remaining 64.

 

[Domon]

ill be moving away from my RAID, and although ill miss the 1500MB/s speed, these SAS3 drives can do 250 MB/s, which aint bad.

would love to go raidz2, but I dont trust zfs expansion yet, and unraid is wonky with zfs

 

[fly]

At least you won't have to use NTFS anymore...

 

[Domon]

yep. Really looking forward to that.

 

[Domon]

gotta get some HBAs though. probably 2 16i HBAs or a 16i and an 8i

 

[fly]

Wait, I just realized that I could use SAS>SATA adapters, right? SAS drives seem pretty cheap.

 

[fly]

gotta get some HBAs though. probably 2 16i HBAs or a 16i and an 8i

Want your controller back? I'm not using it any longer. I don't want any money for it, but you're welcome to it. Its just sitting here.

 

[Domon]

Want your controller back? I'm not using it any longer. I don't want any money for it, but you're welcome to it. Its just sitting here.

nah, that one doesnt do SAS. Thanks though

 

[Domon]

you should sell that on r/homelabsales or /r/datahoarder.

 

[Domon]

Wait, I just realized that I could use SAS>SATA adapters, right? SAS drives seem pretty cheap.

the controller is the important bit, its not just a physical difference. You need a SAS controller.

 

[fly]

you should sell that on r/homelabsales or /r/datahoarder.

Last time I checked it was worth like $30. That doesn't pass my lazy bar.

 

[Domon]

oh wow, it really crashed in value

 

[Domon]

@fly i think you're good on ports, but this is a great deal on a 16i hba

LSI 9300-16i 16-port SAS9300-16I 12GB/s Host Bus Adapter 03-25600-01B | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for LSI 9300-16i 16-port SAS9300-16I 12GB/s Host Bus Adapter 03-25600-01B at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

picked one up to drive my new SAS drives during data transfer from the old array

 

[fly]

@fly i think you're good on ports, but this is a great deal on a 16i hba

LSI 9300-16i 16-port SAS9300-16I 12GB/s Host Bus Adapter 03-25600-01B | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for LSI 9300-16i 16-port SAS9300-16I 12GB/s Host Bus Adapter 03-25600-01B at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

picked one up to drive my new SAS drives during data transfer from the old array

If I could find some of your cheap SAS drives, I totally would!