The backplanes in PADS are 43V7070 and are 4 port modules. I'm not sure if it's possible to use 2 of these for one 8 port backplane or not. I have one in my office if you want to look at it. On Oct 2, 2013, at 9:20 AM, Dan Olson <[email protected]> wrote:

This is an IBM 69Y5319.

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From: "Dan Olson" <[email protected]> To: "Core Sysadmins" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:24:49 AM Subject: Quote for 8 bay HDD backplane

If we need these, they are available from MNJ.

Here is a quote to outfit both with 8 additional HDD bays: http://www.mnjtech.com/UI/Carts/EditCarts.aspx?CartID=1346 Total: $898.88

There are onboard raid controllers with flash backed cache, but they only support raid 10, which I think is sufficient, and optimal, for the database workload.

---- Daniel Murphy-Olson Systems Administrator Mathematics & Computer Science Division Argonne National Laboratory 630-252-0055