I'd like some HW expertise before I purchase an adapter:
I got two diskshelfs (24x2.5in): IBM DS3524 and EXP3524. And I'm trying to put them to good use.
The DS has redundant controllers, which are 2011 era HW and I'd rather not power those 24/7. AFAIK the EXP3524 is just a sas-expander-thingy? Which talks to its 24 hdds through a midplane. Since I have two (redundant) expander thingies, and the sas-expander-thingy is interchangeable between the DS-"controller" and EXP-"expansion" unit I could use both shelves as EXPanders, but connected directly to my TrueNAS server through external sas?
My server (Lenovo x3650) has onboard HBA and two internal sas-8087 connectors. AFAIK: N2215 HBA, 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID
If I purchase a "Dual Mini SAS SFF-8088 to SAS36P SFF-8087 Adapter PCI Bracket". Will it work? Could I daisy chain the EXP units "indefinitely" using a single cable?
I got two diskshelfs (24x2.5in): IBM DS3524 and EXP3524. And I'm trying to put them to good use.
The DS has redundant controllers, which are 2011 era HW and I'd rather not power those 24/7. AFAIK the EXP3524 is just a sas-expander-thingy? Which talks to its 24 hdds through a midplane. Since I have two (redundant) expander thingies, and the sas-expander-thingy is interchangeable between the DS-"controller" and EXP-"expansion" unit I could use both shelves as EXPanders, but connected directly to my TrueNAS server through external sas?
My server (Lenovo x3650) has onboard HBA and two internal sas-8087 connectors. AFAIK: N2215 HBA, 12 Gb SAS/SATA non-RAID
If I purchase a "Dual Mini SAS SFF-8088 to SAS36P SFF-8087 Adapter PCI Bracket". Will it work? Could I daisy chain the EXP units "indefinitely" using a single cable?