I messaged the seller, it has the SAS backplane, which means SFF-8643. Now, to me that’s kind of goofy because most of us have x8 SFF-8643 cards which are dual 12gbs (except for that one HP card). Doesn’t mean you can’t get a 8643->8087 cable, but add that to the list of cables lying around.
So, interesting chassis, I’m likely holding off though. I think in the right context, this is a steal. I wouldn’t design a system around the chassis, moreso use this to cobble together a spare-parts Frankenstein to get things off the floor/shelf.
I was thinking this would be a good “off site” backup solution. Keep it at family member’s house and use for essential back ups. And they could use it for a simple storage or media server?
The SAS thing kills me. ITX only has one PCIe spot as-is… Do I want an H1110 in that spot?
Tough decision. Again, if I had enough spare “stuff” around I’d buy one in a flash at $85, that’s a great deal. But to build a new system entirely to work with the chassis, I’m having trouble justifying
Yeah, I don’t know much about SAS.
So far I’m planning to use SATA, but should I consider SAS instead? Would it be for folks who already have SAS drives, or are there other benefits over SATA?
And is the reason a card would be needed is because SAS ports aren’t generally built into motherboards? Or cards are better anyway?
Ah, good point.
Also I found this which seems to answer my questions:
So do I understand correctly that you can mix & match SAS and SATA drives?
If so, I can see how another benefit would be flexibility for whatever HDD deal comes around.
