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Why are enterprise SAS disk enclosures seemingly so expensive?
I will begin by stating that I do not believe this is a duplicate of Why is business-class storage so expensive?.
My question is specifically about SAS drive enclosures, and justifying their expense.
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Do SATA disks on an SAS backplane impose cable length limits?
On two Supermicro 847E16-RJBOD1 enclosures, I have trouble accessing SATA disks on the rear backplane with 6gb/s. The only significant difference between rear and front backplanes is total cable ...
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External 2.5" enclosure SATA power only [closed]
we have these mini-SAS PCIe SATA III controllers. Mini-SAS enclosures seem to run about $500, but I can use a $10 mini-SAS-to-SATA adapter cable so then all I need is an external enclosure that ...
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HP D2700 enclosure and SSDs. Will any SSD work?
I've got an HP D2700 enclosure that I'm looking to shove some 2.5" SSD drives in. Looking at the prices of HP's SSD drives vs something like an Intel 710 and even something less 'enterprisey', there's ...
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When ordering SAS replacement drive, does the hot swappable enclosure matter?
I have a dell PowerEdge and need to replace one of the SAS drives in it. I noticed the supplier I order from does not sell a specific "DELL" SAS replacement drive, but they have what appear to be ...
