eSASstuff

BOM

Qty	Price	Description	Link
Host Bus Adapters
1	$24.99	HighPoint Rocket 622 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115073
1	$297.49	Lsi Logic LSI00300 9207-8e Sgl Sas Pcie 12/3.3v Ctlr 8port Ext 6gb/s Sata+sas Hba	http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085FT292
Enclosures/Bays
2	$99.99	SuperMicro CSE-M35T-1B 3x 5.25" to 5x 3.5" Hot-swap SATA HDD Trays	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405
2	$66.00	Xcase Pro Duplicator case 3 bay SATA	http://www.copystars.com/sata_3bay_case.htm
Cabling/Adapters
1	$6.92	SATA to eSATA 2 PCI Bracket with Power External Cable	http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YI7M3G
2	$29.00	ATA - external mini SAS (SFF-8088) bridge AD4SMSAS	http://www.addonics.com/products/ad4smsas.php
2	$15.00	NEW HP 407344-001 SAS cable SFF-8088 (miniSAS) to SFF-8088 (miniSAS) 14 inch	http://www.ebay.com/itm/360480329316
Drives
10	$150.00	Western Digital Red WD30EFRX 3TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344
Total BOM
	$2,249.38	Total

What I have already:

• 2x SuperMicro CSE-M35T-1B 3x 5.25" to 5x 3.5" Hot-swap SATA HDD Trays

  • http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405

• 1x Xcase Pro Duplicator case 3 bay SATA (need a second) - $66.00

  • http://www.copystars.com/sata_3bay_case.htm

• SATA to eSATA 2 PCI Bracket with Power External Cable - $6.92

  • http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YI7M3G

• HighPoint Rocket 622 PCI-Express 2.0 x1 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) Controller Card

  • http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115073

Purchased:

• 2x SATA - external mini SAS (SFF-8088) bridge AD4SMSAS (Won't need fanout cable with this) - $29.00 each

  • http://www.addonics.com/products/sata_ex_mini_sas_bridge.php
  • http://www.addonics.com/products/ad4smsas.php

• 2x NEW HP 407344-001 SAS cable SFF-8088 (miniSAS) to SFF-8088 (miniSAS) 14 inch - $15.00 each

  • http://www.ebay.com/itm/360480329316

• 1x Lsi Logic LSI00300 9207-8e Sgl Sas Pcie 12/3.3v Ctlr 8port Ext 6gb/s Sata+sas Hba - $297.49

  • http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085FT292

Drives:

• Western Digital Red WD30EFRX 3TB IntelliPower 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - $150 each

  • http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344

Additional cabling possibilities:

• 2x 1-Port SFF-8087 to SFF-8088 Adapter, centronics bracket - $29.50

  • http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sas_cables_adapters/AD8788-1.asp

• 2x 0.5m SFF-8087 to 4x SATA fanout cable - $27.00

  • http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sas_cables_adapters/F7H87D.asp

• 2x 1m SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 External SAS Cable - $47.00

  • http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sas_cables_adapters/8888-1M.asp

• 2-Port SFF-8087 to SFF-8088 Adapter (probably not required if I use an SFF-8088 HBA below) - $53.00

  • http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sas_cables_adapters/AD8788-2.asp

Possible HBA options:

• HP Smart Array P800 16-port PCIe SAS SATA Raid 512MB BBWC - $79.00

  • http://www.ebay.com/itm/350751215323 -> http://www.ebay.com/itm/360643551380

• 53X3 DELL 12DNW PERC H200E 6gbps SAS PCI-e Dual Port HBA - $169.99

  • http://www.ebay.com/itm/321110332091

• HighPoint Rocket 2722 8-Port PCIe 2.0 x8 SAS/SATA controller - $199.00

  • http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115117 (Rocket)

• Areca ARC-1320-8x 8-port / 2x SFF-8088 External 6Gb/s SAS Non-RAID Host Bus Adapter - $345.00

  • http://www.scsi4me.com/areca-arc-1320-8x-8-port-external-2x-sff-8088-sas-host-bus-adapter-non-raid.html