My existing setup has 24 drives in a DS4246 and about half a dozen in a DS224C. I need to add more 3.5 drives so have been looking at JBOD shelf options, but so far haven't found anything that really works out better than the DS4246. All my existing shelves have 12G IOMs so was trying to keep everything 12G/SAS3 if possible
- DS4486 - Seems this only works with SATA drives, and I have a bunch of SAS drives. Could use one shelf for SAS and the other for SATA. But doubt I need 48 extra drives. Unless I could replace the 4246 with this probably not worth it.
- DE6600 - Love this thing, but needs 220 power (so that means new/extra UPS) and is too deep for my rack.
- Supermicro 44x JBOD - Seems expensive AF and hard to find, but checks all the boxes and I could displace the existing 4246.
Is there a JBOD option I am missing, or do I just suck it up and get another DS4246?