Need help/guidance in selecting a SAS enclosure for 3.5 LFF SAS drives

[vizi0n]

Hello Unraiders,

 

I am seeking some help here with something that I am not very familiar with. I am in the process of changing server. My old one (Dell R720) had internal 3.5 SAS drive bays which worked great, but my new one only has 2.5 SFF bays so I need to find out a way to reuse my old drives.

 

The new server (Cisco C220 M4) comes with a 9300-8e card, which from what I have been told uses 2 SFF-8466 connector/cable that can connect to an external hard drive shelf.

 

Now, I am wondering, can I use this with enterprise grade stuff (HP D2600, D3600, Dell MD1200 or others) ? Or do these enclosures require a matching HP / Dell machine/card?

 

I am a bit lost as I cannot find much information online regarding compatibility and it seems like everyone posting about the D3600 has a Proliant or other HP machine, and if they have a MD1200 they have a Dell machine.

 

I would only need 6 drives, so an enclosure of 8 or 12 drives max. The huge 24+ bays enclosures are out of the equation.

 

Thanks for your input

[JorgeB]

2 hours ago, vizi0n said:

can I use this with enterprise grade stuff (HP D2600, D3600, Dell MD1200 or others) ? Or do these enclosures require a matching HP / Dell machine/card?

Should be fine either, only connect one cable from the HBA to the enclosure. 

[vizi0n]

7 hours ago, JorgeB said:

Should be fine either, only connect one cable from the HBA to the enclosure. 

thats great, so they don't require a specific card. Except maybe if I want to upgrade the firmware or something related to management I guess ?

[JorgeB]

18 hours ago, vizi0n said:

Except maybe if I want to upgrade the firmware or something related to management I guess ?

Possibly