ext_238361 ([identity profile] greatbearmd.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] greatbear 2008-11-17 04:17 am (UTC)

I have a Star Tech ATABAY425BK backplane that I got from Newegg. Currently I have three 40 gig notebook drives mounted in the thing just for testing. This model will do both SATA and SAS drives, and also has the second interface used by SAS drives for redundancy for a total of 8 interfaces (two per slot). It seems reasonably well made and can accommodate the taller 12-15mm drives like the Seagate Savvio SAS drives and the WD VelociRaptor SATA drives. Typical 9.5-10mm notebook drives seem lost in the thing. The whole thing gets powered with one Molex connector from your power supply. There are a pair of fans that keep things cool and each drive slot has a power and access LED.

When I get the thing more tuned up and decide on some other hardare options I will post more notes. Is there anything in particular you wanted to know about any of this stuff?
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