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I was shown this case today: Lian Li PC-D8000
It has slots for 20 3.5" HDD, and 5 x 5.25" bays.
I may use this to combine two existing servers (one with 6 x HDD, the other with 10 x HDD), creating two zpools in the process. That leaves 4 empty drive slots.
This case would be sitting in my home and seems like a great alternative to, for example, a 4U case, and would be much quieter.
I could add these two drive cages, providing room for another 8 drives.
* http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=157
* http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=163
... yes, for a total of 28 HDD.
There are some ledges in the 5.25" drives bays which will causes issues with drive cages: http://www.overclockerstech.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSCF5168-1024x768.jpg
review: http://www.overclockerstech.com/lian-li-pcd8000-chassis-review/all/1/
video about case
This is my blog post which got me started on this quest.
It has slots for 20 3.5" HDD, and 5 x 5.25" bays.
I may use this to combine two existing servers (one with 6 x HDD, the other with 10 x HDD), creating two zpools in the process. That leaves 4 empty drive slots.
This case would be sitting in my home and seems like a great alternative to, for example, a 4U case, and would be much quieter.
I could add these two drive cages, providing room for another 8 drives.
* http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=157
* http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=163
... yes, for a total of 28 HDD.
There are some ledges in the 5.25" drives bays which will causes issues with drive cages: http://www.overclockerstech.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DSCF5168-1024x768.jpg
review: http://www.overclockerstech.com/lian-li-pcd8000-chassis-review/all/1/
video about case
This is my blog post which got me started on this quest.
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