Just want to share that ever since I started to get interested in NAS, my idea of how it should look like should be horizontal, like Synology 8 bays, and Qnap 8 bays. The only other vertical form factor I found that really appeals to me is Truenas Mini, and the 8-bay version. There are a lot of other 4-bay and 8-bay options, Inwin, Chenbro, Silverstone DS380, but none give me the look that I like. Maybe it's the lights in the front, maybe it's because one of the NAS icons Truenas themselves use the case you see below.
I started my nas journey using ugly cases that can handle a 2-3 drives without hotswap, then finally settled for Fractal Node 804. This is a beast! 10 3.5 inch drives without having to be creative. And room for another 2 more 2.5 inch drives. That's a total of 12 drives in one cube.
I used this for some time, until finally, I went with Qnap TS-873A, ZFS 8-bay nas.
I guess I wasn't satisfied with my Fractal Node 804 beast after all
I'm no longer actively searching, but am always interested how people's nas look like, or how their homelab look.
If you agree with me, I like the Truenas Mini look for vertical chassis So why am I writing this post? It's because I found where to get the 4 bay and 8 bay NAS chassis used by Truenas!
There's a bit of a challenge, it's in Taobao, a Chinese website, and you'll have to be creative to purchase this enclosure. But I believe my NAS journey will end once I own one of them. For now, Qnap will suffice.
Price is reasonable too. Are others as passionate with their NAS chassis? Let me know if this helps.
I started my nas journey using ugly cases that can handle a 2-3 drives without hotswap, then finally settled for Fractal Node 804. This is a beast! 10 3.5 inch drives without having to be creative. And room for another 2 more 2.5 inch drives. That's a total of 12 drives in one cube.
I used this for some time, until finally, I went with Qnap TS-873A, ZFS 8-bay nas.
I guess I wasn't satisfied with my Fractal Node 804 beast after all
I'm no longer actively searching, but am always interested how people's nas look like, or how their homelab look.
If you agree with me, I like the Truenas Mini look for vertical chassis So why am I writing this post? It's because I found where to get the 4 bay and 8 bay NAS chassis used by Truenas!
There's a bit of a challenge, it's in Taobao, a Chinese website, and you'll have to be creative to purchase this enclosure. But I believe my NAS journey will end once I own one of them. For now, Qnap will suffice.
Price is reasonable too. Are others as passionate with their NAS chassis? Let me know if this helps.
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