Turn regular case into a JBOD/DAS case w/ SFF-8088 connection

[starcat]

This little pcb will turn a regular computer case into a JBOD/DAS case and allow use of standard power supply.

http://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-cse-ptjbod-cb1-jbod-power-board-diy-jbod-chassis-made-easy/

 

Put a SAS expander inside the case and a Supermicro CBL-0167L cascading cable and you can connect it through SFF-8088 to your main unRAID box. We just need multiple volume support for unRAID - any plans for it?

 

[earthworm]

I went the cheap route and modified a power supply to be always on.  The power supply powers all my drives and drive cooling fans separate from my server.

 

I can still see where there could be a use for this product though.

[starcat]

What does the modification include? Is it possible to turn it off by pressing 4 seconds or so on the power switch?

[earthworm]

You ground the green wire.  There are plenty of instructions out there.  You just use the rocker switch on the power supply to control power.

[cbr600ds2]

Have you used this and what are you using to mount HD?  I would like to use a sas2 backplane but I need to figure out how to mount. 

[Decto]

You're about 6 years late to the party.

 

Find any case with multiple HDD bays that you want to use as an expander.

 

The easiest way is to use a back to back connector that slots into a PCI-E expansion back plane and coverts SFF-8088 (external) to SFF-8087 (internal) then use SFF-8087 to 4xSata breakout cables to connect to each drives.

 

Example

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-port-Internal-SFF-8087-to-External-8088-PCI-mini-SAS-26P-Adapter-SAS-RAID/143251797518?epid=0&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item215a78f60e:g:KOwAAOSw1chc2t~o&enc=AQAFAAACgBaobrjLl8XobRIiIML1V4Imu%2Fn%2BzU5L90Z278x5ickk7d4nremBkvNKtcC0ZwqXDI8%2BuHz7FUKO4WBuY99bZT5jCrh1dntDJ2woXK2pUmKOjx54OvyU%2BQcn5PEeV77486QmiSPHoz8QtdvsGKhok%2FtTZdfnKTcvzKOvHyCN2D1tpCcV8VZoYxrUDqTA521Gm6UA7eKRexbJ1Trln0evDGkXsMo5LfWEpB3AmekxuVl5FQFco5LMtxDG5ihZnw38%2FEqyuXu7ETy4zc3levAzoi04CjcHZyWDAolsq2spx%2BTERfx7t8%2F77mmfXQPe6ASGYxUo0qTdoiGuhhqIRYIYBpaJzY%2Fbpqz3UlExVs25nyy5%2BjTHm9%2BDNlPOohyBukzW1jHwubt93fEC4gOSneLT8SDtszpfFKw0tLhkqS8jWfaH%2F6mxt5c1W7wgL9KHshYWx%2Ba6nuShC%2Fiv7KvUgbyb0XqTuECs7u925OcZ0rVbyV7YNonM%2FSlOiil3Wkd6PeoKIQDA5aOe8XJTzwavSFvoTmxPHQmuA%2FH9IdWqVN5mBY%2BKxysC06nckX04xGf34UztLlH6KpsvsNetqH2w6pmwX4H4TOppGgEJi9S6Clw5ffIJwJsZMJBVuj%2F8UkHAWDweyLo4902kE1mPtR4kJKhKnopoSC5pMXeoyGXTViEo0GH7S9KE4gnCVznAMhzNJTTeVTA7lpzGD%2BalOfHySSL3V7YXXeo%2Fd9kCPrR%2FxMm8FEDvdQ5MaCQrX2UW1jLHyKT62myx4ZZtmUhXcAKLW6EjhxhhCThVZeU9ilNWjiKZPUNvXL2pikpls6gjsvY7D%2BO93oHfly%2FWoal6W3o0L6j3DE4%3D&checksum=14325179751851baf5b1590e4ea1aeb835a4c930f48c