Comments on: Storage Pod 4.5: Tweaking a Proven Design https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/ Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: disqus_8evUIphm4F https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-298421 Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:52:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-298421 I’d like to see the 4.5 Pod compared to SuperMicro’s ripoff the SC946ED-R2KJBOD: http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/supermicro-seagate-kinetic-jbod-object,1-2657.html

]]> By: Jonny https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-295671 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 22:57:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-295671 If I buy a bare storage pod 4.5 chassis, do I have to use backpanes?

Can I just directly wire my drives to the SATA cards on my MOBO? I want to build an unRAID server and a direct-wire approach seems so much cheaper and easier. It also seems like these backpanes are impossible to buy for normal consumers.

]]> By: Jonny https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-295681 Sat, 17 Oct 2015 22:57:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-295681 Does the Storage Pod 4.5 chassis support EATX motherboards?

]]> By: Andrew Baker https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-294541 Mon, 05 Oct 2015 21:14:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-294541 Do you have any recommendations for a specific rack mounting solution for the 4.5 case? They are too wide for standard sliding rails, right?

]]> By: Steve Williams https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-294341 Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:32:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-294341 Can I purchase these directly?

]]> By: Santiago Draco https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-292481 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:33:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-292481 Too bad you couldn’t take the time to list part numbers, links or any other info. You post these helpful articles then cut it short and make everyone hunt and hunt to find these things.

]]> By: FeRD https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-289981 Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:38:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-289981 In reply to Geekin things.

That appears to be the million dollar question. The only supplier/distributor any web searches seem to come up with is Arrow, who are quite out of stock. (They’ll give you a backorder quote, for a minimum quantity of 500 units.)

Even more confounding, the S-330 appears nowhere on Sunrich’s own website!

It’s as if the thing doesn’t even exist, outside of some Backblaze engineer’s fever dream.

]]> By: Chris Moore https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-288001 Mon, 27 Jul 2015 04:17:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-288001 In reply to Yuefeng Gao.

You can’t buy that unless you pay to have it configured. Over $8k base and they want you to buy hard drives as part of the build. Not competitive on price.

]]> By: PeriscopeFilm https://www.backblaze.com/blog/storage-pod-4-5-tweaking-a-proven-design/#comment-287521 Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:36:00 +0000 https://www.backblaze.com/blog/?p=24031#comment-287521 Will these PCIe SATA III cards work with FreeNAS? Meaning are there FreeBSD drivers for these cards?

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