DAS Raid

[martinmsj]

Hello all!

Been looking for a 4-5 Disk DAS however, it's been hard locating a DAS system with good feedback. This is mostly for VMs and will be connected to an HP Z220 workstation via as USB 3.0.

Wish there was something like the Pegasus just with USB 3.0 or eSata and/or/exclude thunderbolt (have a work MBP.)

Any you guys recommend? Will be using WD Red or Enterprise 2TB Drives.

 

[hotcrandel]

Have you considered doing something like this over iSCSI, and maybe a dedicated NIC in your workstation for the traffic? It's not really a DAS at that point, but it can give you a lot more flexibility.

You can build something like a HP Microserver to accomplish something like this for a relatively inexpensive price.

 

[Phog]

External DAS at the consumer level is garbage. I'm yet to find something that works very well. A 4-5 disk NAS would probably be your best bet (and most expensive!)

 

[Lost-Benji]

USB attached storage while technically is DAS, it is not really worth the BS if something goes wrong. You will be using proprietary hardware/software for the RAID and risks are not worth it unless you have 100% backup.

Source an enclosure (Rack or tower-case) and install a expander in it. Install HW RAID card on host system and hook up with SFF-8087 cable. Now you have DAS RAID.