On 2023-04-19 Adam Thompson wrote:
FYI, that's not a server - it's an iSCSI SAN. Which, yes, I suppose has an embedded server of sorts, but all it can run is the embedded Dell PowerVault OS. These were pretty decent iSCSI SANs when they were new, but that was, as stated, quite a long time ago!
That's a neat box. Funny how ~4 TB sounds like chump change nowadays :-/
What are the odds you could put in plain SATA SSDs (same connector, no?) and the thing will just work? In theory?...
I don't see how the thing can draw the power you say it does, but I will believe you! I guess if the drives are going full bore all the time. I had many 15k's over the years and they didn't seem too crazy with the draw. But most had these big heatsinks built into the housing, so there must have been a reason.
It's a bit depressing how the cheapest SSDs quickly became many times faster than the super expensive fancy 15k SCSIs. But good for the pocketbook, and your average plebeian box!
So this thing only can connect to servers via ethernet? And the SAS expansion port is for attaching another one of these boxes, or some external SCSI stuff?
65 lbs?! Crazy!!