The Rosewill RSV-L4411 is a 12 bay hot-swap server chassis. It has the standard 7 expansion slots, two 80mm fans, and 3 120mm fans mounted on the hot-swap drive bays.
It supports 12″ x 13″ E-ATX; 12″ x 9.6″ ATX, 11.2″ x 8.2″ Mini-ATX and Mini-ITX motherboards.
At 23 lbs and 25″ x 16.8″ x 7.0″, it is not difficult to work with, and is even fairly light when taking into consideration that it is a 4u chassis.
Since the purchase of this server chassis from Newegg on CyberMonday, it has been discontinued. I am a little disappointed by this, and hope that Newegg can honor the warranty.
Specifications:
Chassis Type: Rackmount
Color: Black
Case Material: Metal/ Steel, 1.0 mm thickness
Motherboard Compatibility: 12" x 13" E-ATX; 12" x 9.6" ATX, 11.2" x 8.2" Mini-ATX and below
Form Factor: 4U
Expansion:
Hot-Swap Drive Bays: 12 x 3.5"/2.5" SATA
Expansion Slots: 7
Front Ports: 2 x USB 2.0
Cooling System:
80mm Fans: 2 max / 2 included
120mm Fans: 3 max / 3 included
Dimensions: 25" x 16.8" x 7.0"
Weight: Net Weight: 23.1 lbs.
Package Contents: Keys, Screws, 12x SATAIII 18" cables, Chassis
The Chassis:
The chassis is made of 1mm steel and has a sturdy feel to it. There are some sharp edges along the ATX back plate, and around the support bar mounts, but Rosewill did make an effort to reduce the sharp edges, and I only found these two gotchas.
The door has two nice features. First is the filter in the door that blocks dust. This can be cleaned with the removal of two screws on the inside of the door. The second is that the door moves up and down with a bit of resistance, so that it will stay in place where you put it, and will not slam open, marring the finish.
The finish is black and well done. All the screws that came with the case are black as well, which I found to be a nice touch. This is a nice looking chassis.
The handles for sliding it in and out of a rack had one pleasant surprise, the inside of the handles are padded with neoprene, which I found to be nice touch.
Frontview
Rearview
The Drive Bays:
There are four SATA connectors per bay attached to drive bay has a 120mm Rosewill fan that is surprisingly quite and moves quite a bit of air.
Inside the drive bay, you see the backplane with the standard SATA and Power Connectors.
One annoying feature about the hot-swap drive bays is that the LED’s stay on during activity, and dim or turn off completely when the disks are getting hit hard. I find this to be backwards!
The Drive Cages:
This is where some disappointments arise. The drive cages are made entirely of injection molded plastic. While the cages are not necessarily flimsy, they have a cheap feel to them, and do not slide into the drive bays easily. Two of the 12 cages with disks in them needed more than average help for them to seat properly with the backplane.
Installation:
I removed the support bar before installing the Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard and components. Installing all the components was a breeze. There is plenty of room to mount everything, and route cables.
With two dual port NIC’s and two RAID controllers, everything fits nicely, and managing the cables was a cinch.
Conclusion:
The verdict for this chassis is pretty straight forward. It is not a bad chassis at all, I would even call it a nice chassis.
I have this server in my office about two feet from me, and it is VERY quiet. So quiet that I can not hear it over the drone of my gaming machine.
Bang for the buck, you get (got) a lot for your money. Regularly priced at $179.99 USD, I would call it inexpensive. For $149.99 USD, I call it a steal. The three four disk Hot-Swap Bays are probably worth that alone, even though they were sort of a disappointment. The big disappointment is that Newegg discontinued this chassis.
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