Hi All,
New to the forums and am impressed by the in depth level some go to to get their setup just right!
I'm entertaining the idea of building my own iSCSI/FC SAN for vsphere 5 and as a replacement for a Qnap NAS. At this point in time I'm tossing up between either diy SAN or internal disk on my esx host, which I'm not entirely keen on but seems to be the cheapest option.
I have a 19" 12RU rack with a Dell R210 II which is my esx host, limitation is the rack depth (post to post) is around 465mm. Couldn't get any bigger due to space limitations under my stairs
So have been researching a compatible chassis. Ideally I'd like to go for a slim 2RU chassis that fits only 2.5" drives vertically, the closest I've found is the Norco RPC-2132, which fits an awesome 32 drives in a 2RU form factor, but is 650mm deep.
I've emailed Norco and they advised they plan on releasing an updated 2132 in July, but are unsure of the dimensions.
Has anyone else seen a chassis that might fit my needs or am I barking up an impossible tree?
Thank in advance!
New to the forums and am impressed by the in depth level some go to to get their setup just right!
I'm entertaining the idea of building my own iSCSI/FC SAN for vsphere 5 and as a replacement for a Qnap NAS. At this point in time I'm tossing up between either diy SAN or internal disk on my esx host, which I'm not entirely keen on but seems to be the cheapest option.
I have a 19" 12RU rack with a Dell R210 II which is my esx host, limitation is the rack depth (post to post) is around 465mm. Couldn't get any bigger due to space limitations under my stairs
So have been researching a compatible chassis. Ideally I'd like to go for a slim 2RU chassis that fits only 2.5" drives vertically, the closest I've found is the Norco RPC-2132, which fits an awesome 32 drives in a 2RU form factor, but is 650mm deep.
I've emailed Norco and they advised they plan on releasing an updated 2132 in July, but are unsure of the dimensions.
Has anyone else seen a chassis that might fit my needs or am I barking up an impossible tree?
Thank in advance!
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