Hi,
I'm thinking of building a JBOD or mini-ITX mini-tower that has about 5x 5.25". Mostly these will be populated with optical drives, one from each region, and designed for ripping (yes we take this seriously). I've found a solution that looks like quite nice to far: Industrial Chassis | iStarUSA Products | S-915 - Compact Stylish 5x 5.25" Bay mini-ITX Tower but I'm wondering what else is out there.
Does SM make anything like this? If it's a JBOD-style enclose then I would like it to communicate with the server using the ODD's native (ATA/ATAPI) protocol, and terminate in PCI-e cards in the server. I don't want to have use USB adapters because then you don't get the fully accurate signal.
Does anybody else have any suggestions?
I've been warned away from eSATA because apparently such chassis share one controller amongt many drives. How true is this? Is it possible to use a JBOD-style enclosure while still using native protocols?
Any help apprecated!! Thanks!
Edit: In other words, what I would like is a nice, clean design for a small-medium JBOD tower which will let me use something like an HBA to communicate to the server. If that's possible for optical drives.
Also, something like this: Supermicro | Products | Accessories | Mobile Racks | CSE-M28SACB but converts from 3.5 to 5.25 would be great.
@ullbeking
I'm thinking of building a JBOD or mini-ITX mini-tower that has about 5x 5.25". Mostly these will be populated with optical drives, one from each region, and designed for ripping (yes we take this seriously). I've found a solution that looks like quite nice to far: Industrial Chassis | iStarUSA Products | S-915 - Compact Stylish 5x 5.25" Bay mini-ITX Tower but I'm wondering what else is out there.
Does SM make anything like this? If it's a JBOD-style enclose then I would like it to communicate with the server using the ODD's native (ATA/ATAPI) protocol, and terminate in PCI-e cards in the server. I don't want to have use USB adapters because then you don't get the fully accurate signal.
Does anybody else have any suggestions?
I've been warned away from eSATA because apparently such chassis share one controller amongt many drives. How true is this? Is it possible to use a JBOD-style enclosure while still using native protocols?
Any help apprecated!! Thanks!
Edit: In other words, what I would like is a nice, clean design for a small-medium JBOD tower which will let me use something like an HBA to communicate to the server. If that's possible for optical drives.
Also, something like this: Supermicro | Products | Accessories | Mobile Racks | CSE-M28SACB but converts from 3.5 to 5.25 would be great.
@ullbeking
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