[geeks] cases with 5 hot swap drive bays

[Lionel Peterson]

Chenbro has a nice 4 bay hot-swap case with room for a miniITX MB & 2x 2.5"
wired drives - it includes a 250 watt PS.

SR30169

http://usa.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_detail.php?sku=224&PHPSESSID=1a
8feb2b779dd3847a871adf53888425

About $150 at macmall and Amazon.

I bought one, but can't decide on a MB for it - yet. It can take a Sandy
Bridge MB, so there are lots of options available.

Lionel

On Jun 10, 2012, at 3:36 AM, Shannon <shannon at widomaker.com> wrote:

> I am thinking of adding a machine for storage, a NAS/SAN box.
>
> It will be PC based as I can't think of much else cost effective.
>
> I probably will run either Solaris or FreeNAS on it.
>
> I want a contradiction, or as close as I can get: small, quiet, 5
> hot-swap drive bays. Ideally it would also have somewhere to stuff a
> small boot drive.
>
> I wish there were more 2.5" SATA drives out there, so much easier...
>
> Anyway, ideas appreciated.
>
> Usage? This will do some network storage and also iSCSI for virtual
> machines.
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