SATA Drives for HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9

[mifronte]

I may have an opportunity to purchase a HP Proliant DL360 Gen9 server that currently has a HP MSA 2040 SAN Storage (24 2.5" bays) attached.  I may not purchase the MSA 2040 SAN Storage since it requires 2.5 SAS drives, which are too expensive for unRAID usage.

 

However, if I purchase the HP Proliant DL360 Gen9 server, can someone tell me how I would go about adding 3.5" SATA SAN storage (if such a thing exists)?

 

Edit:

The more I read up on the HP Proliant DL360 Gen9 and MSA 2040 SAN Storage, the more I realized this server may be beyond my abilities since I have never used SAN technologies.  It sounds like a lot of special equipment may be needed like special cables and controllers. I need to read up on SAN to see how everything fits together.

 

This would be an auction purchase and so I would not know the exact configuration of the server until the deal is done.  Also with auction, some cables and parts might be missing.

[John_M]

I'm not sure why you're considering SAN storage in the context of unRAID. It isn't what you need, since unRAID is a NAS. I suggest clarifying to your own satisfaction the difference between SAN and NAS. Basically, a NAS serves files to the clients whereas a SAN serves only filesystem metadata to the clients, which then retrieve the actual file data for themselves.