Recent content by matt52

The express is fine for SSD. 15Krpm 146GB drives not so much.

My experience with the 847 family is that the 2 backplanes do not play nice cascaded and should have their own 4x uplink to a controller. I think there is also a major heat problem with the expander chip. When the server was cold it would run fine. Once the temps got uncomfortable the rear one...

yes, yes MD1000 uber alles. we get it. And yes I've owned several IcyBox units over the years. Gross air-flow is not the problem, localized air-flow is the issue. Google might run the air temps hot but their air-flow rate is damn serious and they engineer the enclosures to flow air where it...

Look here for some ideas: Cheapest SAS/SATA disk enclosure

the CM unit was ODM and they aren't selling it anymore. I was providing similar alternatives. Some backplanes from Supermicro vent pretty well. Others not so much. The typical backplane in a 4-in-3 unit has lousy air-flow design. That's why I don't use them, also because of cost. Cheap != neat...

The cages are not the ones that IcyDock or SM make with backplanes, crap ventilation and high price but rather these: SilverStone CFP51. Or ModDIY 5-in3 device module hard disk cage (high price). or Rosewill RASA-11001. Professional looking? Neat and tidy cables? Excellent signal-integrity? No.

Right and the MD1000 requires trays and interposers (SATA) at not insignificant cost even if you do manage to get your hands on the basic chassis and controllers for a cheap price. The Antec 300 or similar design will hold 10 drives easy across the front. Add in 3 of the 4-in-3 for 22 total. In...

trying WAY too hard! Get some Antec Three Hundred chassis and then add 2 or 3 Coolermaster 4-in-3 units (has fan and side plates are rubber suspended) or something similar that can also be screwed down (if you want) , and add a ChenBro/Intel SAS expander. Granted not earth-quake safe but works...