[geeks] Mini ITX server chassis with 4 drive hot-swap bays

[Lionel Peterson]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM, nate at portents.com wrote:

>> But it is a bit pricey at around $200, but if can find the right MB, 
>> this
>> could be a nice solution to your earlier question (Why no shuttle 
>> sized
>> cases with hot-swap bays?)
>
> And if money is no object, the forthcoming Commell LV-678 would 
> probably
> be a great board to use:
>
> http://www.bwi.com/prod/768083

Nice board - up to a Quad Core CPU, Intel P35 chipset,  4 Gig RAM, 6x 
SATA II w/RAID, dual Gig Ethernet in a Mini-ITX format... But $just 
under $400 is steep for a MB. Now, if you stuffed one of those into an 
old Sun IPC/IPX/LX chassis you'd have a real nice system ;^)

To build a low-cost Quad Core server on that board would be pricey: $400 
for MB, $290 for the CPU, $75 for 4 Gig RAM, $400 for 4x 500 Gig SATA 
HDs, and the previously mentioned home SATA chassis at $210 = $1300 +/-

Lionel