Add more than 4 HDD on Gen8 Microserver

[jeremy_fritz]

Hi

 

This question might seem stupid, sorry.

I'm using 4 SATA HDD in the main bay of my microserver Gen8 + 1 SSD.

I was wondering: can I add more SATA HDD?

If so, do I need to buy new hardware controller or only new wires?

 

Thanks a lot!

[Trig0r]

If you don't have an optical drive you can get a few more drives in there, you will need some sort of card though to do it.

 

the SDM if you can find one will let you put upto 4 2.5" drives in there, you can put one where the optical drive goes and with a bit of wiggling and cable work you can get 2 in the void between the optical drive tray bit and the top of the drive bays..

[biohazard69]

Hi, I'm new to gen8, I can't find the publication with the materials to add 2 discs of 2.5 or more, can you help me?

[Trig0r]

There's links and threads in here for the SDM made by resident @schoondoggyyou'll have to find someone local to you to make them or find a used one, the blueprints were on here somewhere.

[nrf]

you've definitely come to the right place. shoehorning drives into a Gen8 used to be a "thing" around here! good luck!

[jeremy_fritz]

1 hour ago, Trig0r said:

There's links and threads in here for the SDM made by resident @schoondoggyyou'll have to find someone local to you to make them or find a used one, the blueprints were on here somewhere.

What is SDM?

[schoondoggy]

14 hours ago, jeremy_fritz said:

What is SDM?

If you look at the last page of this thread, a forum member converted the SDM R4 into a 3D printable:

 

[jeremy_fritz]

Thank you.

 

This SDM would be nice  !

But actually, my original question was more: how can I technically wire others HDD to my MicroServer Gen8? I mean: four original cases are already used by 4 HDDs and I already use an SSD instead of the Optical Drive.

 

So if I want to attach 2 more HDDs or more SSD, what should I do?

Do I have to buy a specific card?

 

Thanks

Edited November 30, 2020 by jeremy_fritz

[Trig0r]

Yes a card is required, obviously you are limited to what a Gen8 can power, and cool (some expansion cards can get toasty).

There's a few card recommendations on here, I had an HP Pxxx something or other when I had my Gen8, nice cards, cache, battery backup.

[jeremy_fritz]

Thanks a lot  !

Which one would you recommend for only 1 or 2 SATA ports? I don't need hardware RAID.

 

And other question: if I want to add 1 or 2 3.5" disks, do you think I will need extra fans to cool it?

 

Thanks again for your help