Greetings, all. I'm at something of a loss for what to look for here and am soliciting some modern advice. (I keep finding threads about this that are 8+ years old.) After 3 days of googling and 30+ pages on this forum alone, I am asking for some knowledgeable help.
I am currently running an UNRAID server for media storage and general backups. Specs:
Supermicro X9SCL motherboard
Intel Xeon E3-1220
4x 4GB Nanya PC3-12800E (16GB total)
LSI 9201-8i w/ 2x Sata breakout cables
Mellanox Connectx2 10g card
Norco 470 w/ extra 5x3.5 cage.
I only use this for storage, any virtualization happens on my main rig, which is one of the dual 2670 jobs so popular a ways back and what drew me to this community.
Anyways, I'm moving to a new house with a BIG walk-in closet with attic access for my Den, and have gotten permission from the Mrs to actually get a half-rack. To that end I want a new rack-able case. The Norco I currently have qualifies but it is bottom end and literally frustrates me to no end when changing out / adding disks! So what I'd like is a new chassis, that doesn't involve me sliding blocks out to access the drives. In other words, individual drive sleds (I believe is the term) and a backplane. (I have so much hate for knocking sata/power/fan connections loose on other drives whenever I try to upgrade something.) With 16-20 HD slots or so. 4U+ is fine as I have a tall cooler on this MB. And not too much else going into this rack yet. Just a UPS and a Mikrotik CRS326-24G-2S+RM so far. I'd need rails too.
I'm looking at a StarTech 25U Adjustable rack. (And scouring Craigslist for options but nothing for the last 4 months has come up.)
I'm hoping to spend less than $300 and love refurbished stuff. I'm open to spending more if I can justify it, but am also hampered by being Canadian and dealing with the extra costs up here.
Any advice would be welcome.
Cheers.
I am currently running an UNRAID server for media storage and general backups. Specs:
Supermicro X9SCL motherboard
Intel Xeon E3-1220
4x 4GB Nanya PC3-12800E (16GB total)
LSI 9201-8i w/ 2x Sata breakout cables
Mellanox Connectx2 10g card
Norco 470 w/ extra 5x3.5 cage.
I only use this for storage, any virtualization happens on my main rig, which is one of the dual 2670 jobs so popular a ways back and what drew me to this community.
Anyways, I'm moving to a new house with a BIG walk-in closet with attic access for my Den, and have gotten permission from the Mrs to actually get a half-rack. To that end I want a new rack-able case. The Norco I currently have qualifies but it is bottom end and literally frustrates me to no end when changing out / adding disks! So what I'd like is a new chassis, that doesn't involve me sliding blocks out to access the drives. In other words, individual drive sleds (I believe is the term) and a backplane. (I have so much hate for knocking sata/power/fan connections loose on other drives whenever I try to upgrade something.) With 16-20 HD slots or so. 4U+ is fine as I have a tall cooler on this MB. And not too much else going into this rack yet. Just a UPS and a Mikrotik CRS326-24G-2S+RM so far. I'd need rails too.
I'm looking at a StarTech 25U Adjustable rack. (And scouring Craigslist for options but nothing for the last 4 months has come up.)
I'm hoping to spend less than $300 and love refurbished stuff. I'm open to spending more if I can justify it, but am also hampered by being Canadian and dealing with the extra costs up here.
Any advice would be welcome.
Cheers.