UBM in everything... Including the HL15, hopefully?! :D This would HUGELY increase the flexibility of the homelab chassis, and is really the last (big) thing it needs to make it "the only logical choice" for homelabbers. As there's no real 'expansion' options with the chassis (no 5.25" bays), theres nowhere to realistically place any U.2 storage, something which is becoming more and more common on the second-hand markets (eBay etc) where many of us pick up much of our test gear for our homelabs. Having UBM though... Not only would the $800 price point no longer be a concern (for those whom it was), it becomes a friggin BARGAIN! I'm also hoping 45Drives starts to allow sale of individual components, even if only to those who've already purchased a chassis. Not being able to have a spare backplane on hand, or even to buy one if the one in our system becomes damaged (by our own fault), its kind of a big deal IMO... What happens when the system hits the end of warranty if the backplane fails? Do we have to chuck the server and buy a whole new one, or...? Both the fan controller and backplane are unique to the HL15, and having no options to purchase replacement parts is a bit too much a risk, for me at least. Hopefully this can be remedied!
No, HL4, HL8 and HL15 are SATA-only. Tri-mode operation requires a tri-mode HBA card and a UBM backplane - the HL4/HL8/HL15 all have passive backplanes and no HBA card
HW RAID is pretty much dead thanks to NVME. Once CPU's offer enough PCI-E lanes to accommodate 24+ drives, HW raid controllers will end up being a massive bottleneck.
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Hopefully this will also be put into the HL15 for those wanting NVMe in their homelabs! great video!
UBM in everything... Including the HL15, hopefully?! :D
This would HUGELY increase the flexibility of the homelab chassis, and is really the last (big) thing it needs to make it "the only logical choice" for homelabbers. As there's no real 'expansion' options with the chassis (no 5.25" bays), theres nowhere to realistically place any U.2 storage, something which is becoming more and more common on the second-hand markets (eBay etc) where many of us pick up much of our test gear for our homelabs. Having UBM though... Not only would the $800 price point no longer be a concern (for those whom it was), it becomes a friggin BARGAIN!
I'm also hoping 45Drives starts to allow sale of individual components, even if only to those who've already purchased a chassis. Not being able to have a spare backplane on hand, or even to buy one if the one in our system becomes damaged (by our own fault), its kind of a big deal IMO... What happens when the system hits the end of warranty if the backplane fails? Do we have to chuck the server and buy a whole new one, or...?
Both the fan controller and backplane are unique to the HL15, and having no options to purchase replacement parts is a bit too much a risk, for me at least. Hopefully this can be remedied!
Will this be in the HL15 or HL8?
No, HL4, HL8 and HL15 are SATA-only. Tri-mode operation requires a tri-mode HBA card and a UBM backplane - the HL4/HL8/HL15 all have passive backplanes and no HBA card
HW RAID is pretty much dead thanks to NVME. Once CPU's offer enough PCI-E lanes to accommodate 24+ drives, HW raid controllers will end up being a massive bottleneck.