Shelves choice for LSI 9211-8e

[shubert]

Hello Friends =)
I choose a disk shelf for my storage and found a very cheap HP StorageWorks M6612.
Will it work with my controller?
Or this shelf only works with the head from HP.
HP 2600 costs 2 times more expensive.
Can anyone have experience with working with such equipment?
Can I get confused and this one and the same?

 

[IceBoosteR]

Hi,
I am not 100% sure, but I think it will work.
I have a NetApp DS14MK4 attached via FC - but I needed to do some tricky stuff before.
So as this unit is only a shelf, it is not required to use the HP head for that, as FreeNAS will see the disks over your LSI controller with external SAS. Only make sure that you have a correct cable and you may need to configure the HBA before FN can see the disks.

IceBoosteR

 

[MatthewSteinhoff]

found a very cheap HP StorageWorks M6612

We use both the HP StorageWorks D2600 and D2700 units with FreeNAS hanging off LSI cards. I took a look at the M6612's quickspecs and it seems the same sort of device. I suspect it will work just fine with an LSI-chipped HBA.

Cheers,
Matt

 

[shubert]

Thank you so much.
I'll take one shelf for testing.
If everything works out, I'll order more =)

 

[shubert]

Matt.
You use original HP hdd with D2600?
I want to use HGST 2TB sas and I have a doubt that it will work.

 

[MatthewSteinhoff]

You use original HP hdd with D2600?

We use the 3TB Hitachi (HUS723030ALS640) in the D2600. In the D2700, we pretty much use a bit of everything.

Cheers,
Matt

 

[shubert]

Fine =)
Thank you again

 

[RegularJoe]

Hi Matt,

I am thinking about using the HP D2600 as well with 3TB SATA drives, I could get SAS ones and they are not that much more but I plan on using 3 shelves and 3 way ZFS mirrors...

I understand if I use SATA it slows down to 1.5GBPS where if I use SAS drives I can go 3GBPS.

I guess I am answering my own question if the SAS drives are worth it. LOL it sounds like I should go SAS.

Good to know the 2TB limit is on the HP RAID card side and not the some issue with the backplane.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[MatthewSteinhoff]

I understand if I use SATA it slows down to 1.5GBPS where if I use SAS drives I can go 3GBPS.

I have no information on that topic. We only use SAS drives in the D2600 because we got a good deal on eBay for them.

Depending on your use case, the difference between 1.5/3/6 may not be material. Bulk storage of data delivered over a gigabit NIC? Pretty much anything will work and you'll never notice the difference. Active file server with dozens of clients and 10G links or half a dozen VMs? Better check your math before you spend your pennies.

Not sure how much storage you need but 3TB drives are mighty small these days. When I checked last week, 6TB drives were the lowest price per gig.

Cheers,
Matt

 

[Elliot Dierksen]

I am thinking about using the HP D2600 as well with 3TB SATA drives

I can tell you for sure that an LSI 9207-8e can drive a D2700 shelf. I would imagine the 9211-8e could do that, but you would want to set it to JBOD mode to use it with FreeNAS. If I recall correctly, the D2600's are 3G max (used to have some of these, but I have retired them) where the D2700's can do 6G (still have one of these). If you only have 3G capable drives and already have the D2600, that shuld be a good fit. The D2700's can be acquired pretty cheaply these days on eBay.

 

[RegularJoe]

one of the applications is VMware Data Protection(EMC Avimar) and the other is VMware Replication, both are not real fast and very fragmented at the block layer.