Recent content by admiraljkb

@boed Have you looked at one of the LSI SAS2 Expanders? There are a few on eBay right now for $150 or less. (the "or less" ones slowboat from China, the $150 comes from Austin, TX) I bought this LSI expander last month (same listing). I was in the same boat of needing more than 8 drives, and...

This may be too late for your question, but I'll answer anyway. I went with the SG200-26 and got it for $313.98 with overnight from Amazon. Very nice switch, and I had LACP config'd to my Linux storage server in nothing flat, so I now have a 4Gbs link to the switch. No workarounds...