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cheesemoo@lemmy.world 1 day agoDamn, 38 disks! How do you connect them all? Some kind of server hardware?
Curious because I’m currently using all 6 SATA ports on an old consumer motherboard and not sure how I’ll be able to expand my storage capacity. The best option I’ve seen so far would probably adding PCIe SATA controller(s), but I can’t imagine having enough PCIe slots to reach 38 disks that way! Wondering if there’s another option I haven’t seen yet.
brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Yep. It’s a 4u super micro chassis with the associated backplanes.
I had some servers left over from work. It’s set up to also take jbod cards with mini-sas to expand into additional shelf’s if I need that.
My setup really isn’t much of an entry setup. It’s similar to this: …supermicro.com/…/4u-superstorage-ssg-641e-e1cr36…