24 Hard drive 4U case

Danny091

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Hi my current home server is running out of room for disks so i was looking at getting something like

4U Server Case w/ 24x 3.5inch Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays, 12Gb/s MiniSAS

It says;

JBOD Conversion

To use this case as a JBOD add the following

A PSU of your choice

1 x CK13801

1 x CK23601

1 x SFF-8088 to SFF-8088

6 x SFF-8087 to SFF-8087

24 Hard drives of your choice (We recommend Enterprise Drives for Mission Critical Environments)


I wish to move all my hard drives motherboard ect over to this case and then use Transparent raid (maker of flexraid) like i am currently. So would i need to do the JBOD conversion for this? Im very confused as to what i need to make this work. Any help would be appreciated!


Completed build : http://imgur.com/a/rcsQa
 
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I think im sorted now :)

Its going to be my home server but wanted this case for all the hard drives i am able to add easily :) Ive ordered the bits and bobs hopefully its all coming tomorrow :)
 
Ok my next problem is my hard drives dont seem to be spinning down. I found this http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff561476(v=vs.85).aspx but don't completely understand what it wants me to do. Any help would be appreciated!

In its new home :)
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Hey im running windows 7 the controller is a SUPERMICRO AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 Thanks :)

I managed to edit the files and run the install of drivers again and checked the registry and the entry is in there however they still don't go to sleep. Any ideas?
 
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No options in tRAID as it just lets windows handle spin downs. It was working fine when i was using the onboard sata but doesnt with the SAS card. Which leaves me to belive the SAS card isnt letting them spin down or not passing the command to spin down to the drives from windows.

As for tRAID i think its really good :) if you have any questions feel free to ask :)



Also you can see a little build log here http://imgur.com/a/rcsQa :)
 
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Essexraptor said:
start > control panel > hardware and sound > power options > click "Change plan settings" next to your preferred plan > click change advanced power settings > this opens the advanced settings window > expand "Hard disk" tree > expand "Turn off hard disk after" > you can then adjust the time as required

I use this to spin down my "Games" drive in my gaming rig
Click to expand...

This is already set. This is the problem i'm having they are not spinning down after the required time :(
 
So after looking in the card settings it seems the SAS address' are the same for all the ports? Is this correct any help would be appreciated!

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Sorry i forgot to update this thread the spin down is working now so for anyone who does get a SUPERMICRO AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 SAS card the solution was to install the older drivers. The ones for windows XP i believe.

http://imgur.com/a/rcsQa Build log :)


Its been up and running now for a few months and very pleased with it. If anyone has any questions about going into a bigger case like this feel free to ask :)
 
@Blizardx The two most expensive things were the 36 port expander card for the SAS card and the case. In total it cost me about £680 not including hard drives or anything i used from the original server. However i wanted to be able to expand without worrying about drive bays and ive always wanted one that looked like that :)

@hellarda ive trusted you as we cant post competitors :)
 
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