IceBoosteR
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Hey guys,
I got an ESXi host at home, running on an HP DL360 G7 and another HP DL380 G7 will arrive soon.
I want to go with a VM on ESXi for another backup solution. I have some 3,5 inch sata drives and want to use them. As both hosts only support SFF drives, I am looking for an external drive cage. I would like to have 8 bays, but those which I found was waaay to expensive. I dont mind buying a controller card and pass this through to the VM. I would prefer eSATA or external SAS.
On the other hand, I can also buy a 70€ normal PC case with a lot of bays and put this on top of the server. Only need power for the dirves and some fans.
Mayby you guys have a solution for this?
Its only for backup, and I dont want to spend 250 bucks only for some metal ;)
Thank you in advance.
IceBoosteR
I got an ESXi host at home, running on an HP DL360 G7 and another HP DL380 G7 will arrive soon.
I want to go with a VM on ESXi for another backup solution. I have some 3,5 inch sata drives and want to use them. As both hosts only support SFF drives, I am looking for an external drive cage. I would like to have 8 bays, but those which I found was waaay to expensive. I dont mind buying a controller card and pass this through to the VM. I would prefer eSATA or external SAS.
On the other hand, I can also buy a 70€ normal PC case with a lot of bays and put this on top of the server. Only need power for the dirves and some fans.
Mayby you guys have a solution for this?
Its only for backup, and I dont want to spend 250 bucks only for some metal ;)
Thank you in advance.
IceBoosteR