That's really good! The X540 is probably using around 10W, or at least that's what they used in my own tests on Dell kit..
I finally received my print today after what seems like a very long time - and mine seems to work perfectly except for the fact that the locking mechanism is on the wrong side - I am not sure whoever created this have ever tested it in the a TX1320 m3 - The disk have contact with the backplane, but its not "locked" in place - I am not worried that it will slip out, but if we could get the locking mechanism moved to the opposite side - I think it would be perfect - and a whole lot cheaper than buying the real deal because of recyclers stripping servers and selling the "important" bits for scalper prices.
This sounds like the older fujitsu caddies. I had a couple of them sitting around from an older system (rx200 s5/s6 or somesuch) and they sort of work but are 'the wrong way around'. There's a lot more of that generation caddy kicking about on eBay etc too.
That is indeed nice, although the 4 ports work just fine with the onboard SAS port (SATA connectivity though) - and the last two port you can add SATADOMs - but its nice to know you can also just buy a cheap m.2 ssd and put into a pcie slot - that might be cheaper than using satadoms.
That sounds like you got the SAS cable to connect the motherboard to the disk backplane. Mine did not come with that. However mine did come with the front plastics, which I guess some others' systems are missing..
Glad to hear you were successful! I am, however, slightly surprised you got an electrical connection, as I did not manage to connect any drives to the backplane (with the original design) because the screw holes appeared misplaced to achieve that (there was always still a substantial air gap of a few mm between the drive connector and the backplane) when inserting the caddy with the latch at the bottom.I finally received my print today after what seems like a very long time - and mine seems to work perfectly except for the fact that the locking mechanism is on the wrong side - I am not sure whoever created this have ever tested it in the a TX1320 m3 - The disk have contact with the backplane, but its not "locked" in place - I am not worried that it will slip out, but if we could get the locking mechanism moved to the opposite side - I think it would be perfect - and a whole lot cheaper than buying the real deal because of recyclers stripping servers and selling the "important" bits for scalper prices.
I just looked at yours in an online stl viewer and it looks like you did exactly that - moved the locking "latch" thingy to the other side - that should make it perfect - if you could just confirm that it is what you did, then I will just order the batch of prints I require for my 5 (6) servers
I will make a test print of your design and see how that works. From the looks of it - it should work perfect.
Nice - I look forward to hearing your resultSo I modified the model a bit, now it looks like this:
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To save print time and to lower complexity as there was a lot hexagonal holes which needs overhang supports, are PIA to remove in postprint. Saved 1 hour of print. It's printing right now, I'll post results in about 2 hours
Interesting. Curious to hear how your design is doing regarding overall rigidness, though. I would be really afraid that pulling out such a caddy might be prone to breaking the lattice, particularly if it fits somewhat tight (some of mine do).So I modified the model a bit, now it looks like this:
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To save print time and to lower complexity as there was a lot hexagonal holes which needs overhang supports, are PIA to remove in postprint. Saved 1 hour of print. It's printing right now, I'll post results in about 2 hours
I think it matters a lot what material you use - I have opted to use PETG, which seems to be very strong.