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Reddit mentions of LSI SAS 9207-4I4E
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New - Retail1-Year WarrantyLSI Logic LSI00303LSI Logic LSI00303 SAS 9207-4i4e 4xInternal 4xExternal SAS/SATA 6G PCI Express SGL Controller Card
Specs:
| Height | 1.9 Inches |
| Length | 10.7 Inches |
| Weight | 0.000625 Pounds |
| Width | 6.3 Inches |
FreeNAS
It's Free Open Source software, available at no cost (the commercial, paid version is TrueNAS).
It's built on FreeBSD, and uses ZFS filesystem - a Copy-On-Write filesystem that completely avoids the URE/Write Hole problem that RAID5/6/etc. has.
It supports Windows File Sharing, NFS, and iSCSI, and works very well with VMWare. It also directly connects and shares your AWS storage.
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e1: non-affiliate links, here's how to build a SAN on the cheap:
Qty | Component | Part Number | Amazon | Newegg
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1 | Chassis | SUPERMICRO SYS-5029S-TN2 | $434.90 | $599.99
1 | CPU | Intel Core i5-6500 | $199.99 | $204.99
2 | RAM | Crucial 8GB DDR4(PC4-19200) Unbuffered SODIMM | $70.95 | $69.99
1 | USB drive (OS drive)| Corsair Voyager Vega 16GB | $18.99 | $13.99
1 | SSD (ZFS Cache drive) | Samsung 850 PRO - 256GB | $117.44 | $119.99
4 | SATA Drive | Seagate 8TB (ST8000VN0022) | $259.79 | $259.99
1 | OS | FreeNAS | n/a | n/a
| | Total | $1,952.38 | $2,418.89
The drives are half the cost of the system. If you reduce the size of the disks, you can significantly lower cost. However, keep in mind that RAIDZ will consume 1 disk, and of the remaining 3, you only get 80% with ZFS. With 8TB drives, this is 19.2TB
e2: updated the above to be SATA instead of SAS - the onboard controller does not support SAS
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e3: Here's the same basic setup, but with a Xeon processor, ECC memory, 2x1Gps, 2x10GigE, and SAS support:
Qty | Component | Part Number | Amazon
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1 | System | Supermicro SuperServer 5028D-TN4T | $1,220.00
1 | CPU | Intel Xeon-D-1541 | n/a (included in server)
1 | RAM | Crucial 8GB Single DDR4 (PC4-2133) ECC Registered | $109.57
1 | USB drive (OS drive)| Corsair Voyager Vega 16GB | $18.99
1 | SSD (ZFS Cache drive) | Samsung 850 PRO - 256GB | $117.44
4 | SAS Drive | Seagate 8TB (ST8000NM0075) | $299.79
1 | SAS controller | LSI SAS 9207-4i4e | $114
1 | OS | FreeNAS | n/a | n/a
| | Total | $2,888.73
Of the two above systems, the first I would use for home/media, the second is appropriate for business (though it does not have a redundant power supply)