schoondoggy Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I finally found a USB to Slim SATA adapter that is small enough to fit on the ODD in a G8: This would free up the 5th SATA port for a SSD. A 7MM SSD will fit on top of the ODD. Running the ODD on USB, SSD on the SATA II port on board and four data drives in the swappable bays. No extra cards needed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Miner Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Very NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Nice schoondoggy. I suspect you meant, but just forgot, to post a link to where you got it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Nice schoondoggy. I suspect you meant, but just forgot, to post a link to where you got it I need to do more testing before I post a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 That's fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkk Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Sweet! A little confused with the power wiring job there. Looks like you replaced the floppy connector with a two pin connector and then spliced into another power cord? Something Scotty would do. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 The power cord will be removed, it is from the old DVD cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Cleaned up and running 2012E R2: B120i controller: RAID0 256GB SSD on SATA Port 5; RAID1+0 Four 2TB drives on SATA Ports 1-4. ODD on USB controller purchased from here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/221199099249?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 I am sure others will work, this is the only one I have found that was thin and did not bump into any of the mounting brackets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Miner Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Nice Work Schoondoggy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetieG Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 I suppose in the house a DVD is appropriate if you're using your MicroServer for a media machine... but i've yet to find a reason to use one in my client's businesses... On another note, I've found one place that sells a floppy power plug to molex and then convert molex to SATA power, which i've been using for SSDs (sometime 2 in RAID1 on b120i w/ SA P222 as RAID5 for the cage). I'm rolling out my 3rd Gen8 next week w/ a slightly lighter config (RAID5 w/ P222) and I'm happy w/ the price/config's etc... I would love the b120i to do RAID5 on it's own to make the box cheaper (P222 is often more expensive than the Gen8 2020). I haven't tried it yet, but I imagine you can do two RAID1 arrays w/ the built-in b120i and the 4-drive cage. Anybody? tia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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