Help me choose a disk storage system compatible with conventional (non-branded) disks

Question

Iron

There is an old Dell MD3000 in stock
Filled with 50/50 SAS/SATA drives.
SAS for user data, SATA for Backup.
It is planned to fully load the MD3000 with SAS 600G 3.5" and move the backup
to a new inexpensive (100 tr.) disk array 2U 3.5".
The main requirement is to normally digest ordinary disks (without special firmware, labels, etc.)

Answer 1

I use Qnap TS-859U-RP+ storage system . It may not be the most powerful and sophisticated, but as a “budget” option, it’s even nothing. I look, new models on Core i3 have already appeared (mine is on Atom). Compatible disks are specified in the specification, but these are recommended (long life), I think there should be no problems with any other disks. Technical support, by the way, is adequate!

Answer 2

Qnap TS-859U-RP + on the market costs about 80 tr.
8 disks is not enough.
HP D2600 LFF Disk Enclosure (AJ940A) costs about 125 tr. (If it's just a storage system and not an expansion module)
For the price, Qnap is not far from HP. It is not clear where the savings are here?

Answer 3

Any SuperMicro platform for the required number of disks, controller, low-end CPU and operating system to your liking.
Of course, this is not a storage system, but for that kind of money ... Go to 3nity.ru, where comrades can suggest something (they periodically sell storage systems that are “not well-known” and, accordingly, cheap), but they will also be against non-native disks.

Answer 4

If we consider storage systems from A-Brend, then you should immediately forget about "non-native" disks.
And what do you want to get from the storage system?
Here, as in a joke - So you checkers, or go?

Answer 5

All MD3xxx only work with Dell drives (more specifically, drives with Dell firmware). Only if you connect the MD1000 directly to a server with a PERC6E RAID controller, you can use non-Dell drives.
MD3000 compatible drives can be found in MD3000 Systems Support Matrix