Primer:
I have been running FreeNas on an Old beefed up workstation I had, it's currently running with 16GB (supports 32GB) of ram and an i5, I currently have (15) 1TB Sata Drives installed using 8 on board and 1 LSI 9210-8i. I am looking at adding more drives when I upgrade the capacity but don't really want to do a full upgrade (MoBo, enclosure, ram, cpu...etc).
I really like the idea of external enclosure and was looking at one of the DVD duplicator enclosures (http://a.co/40L54iP)
Question(s):
first has anyone done something like this, what are your thoughts
I use iStarUSA 5x3 3.5in Drive Cages which have a 120mm Fan blowing on the back of the drives (I have had no issue in my current Configuration over the past 5 years) and would likely install 4 of these in the Enclosure giving me 20+ drives
Would I be able to use a 9210-8e to connect to the enclosure, and what kind of "multiplier?" would I need?
Any Other Thoughts?
I have been running FreeNas on an Old beefed up workstation I had, it's currently running with 16GB (supports 32GB) of ram and an i5, I currently have (15) 1TB Sata Drives installed using 8 on board and 1 LSI 9210-8i. I am looking at adding more drives when I upgrade the capacity but don't really want to do a full upgrade (MoBo, enclosure, ram, cpu...etc).
I really like the idea of external enclosure and was looking at one of the DVD duplicator enclosures (http://a.co/40L54iP)
Question(s):
first has anyone done something like this, what are your thoughts
I use iStarUSA 5x3 3.5in Drive Cages which have a 120mm Fan blowing on the back of the drives (I have had no issue in my current Configuration over the past 5 years) and would likely install 4 of these in the Enclosure giving me 20+ drives
Would I be able to use a 9210-8e to connect to the enclosure, and what kind of "multiplier?" would I need?
Any Other Thoughts?