I know that this post —> https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-cse502l200b-mitx-matx-1u-atom-server-chassis-review/#comments is very old already. I have been using Unraid since 2013. I have always liked the idea of all in a box. I'm currently using Fractal Design Node 804. It fits in a m-atx motherboard, and gives me option to connect up to 10 3.5 drives, and 2 2.5 drives. That's a whopping 12 drives. But more recently, I'm loving the desktop form factor. Meaning, everything compact. Compact switch, compact firewall, compact Unraid server? I have the chassis above, and am building a firewall with it. I still have another such chassis, and I know I can use HBA controller with external connection to connect it to plenty of drives.
When I say desktop form factor, I'm saying something like this, posted by @Sunnu
I know with all 12 drives, it won't fit into such a shallow, and short wall mount chassis, but maybe a 12U will do. My question is, how to you put 12 drives into such 2u, shallow depth wall mount rack? What case options do we have? I wanted to recreate something like this, and put it on my bookshelf. It's so neat!
When I say desktop form factor, I'm saying something like this, posted by @Sunnu
I know with all 12 drives, it won't fit into such a shallow, and short wall mount chassis, but maybe a 12U will do. My question is, how to you put 12 drives into such 2u, shallow depth wall mount rack? What case options do we have? I wanted to recreate something like this, and put it on my bookshelf. It's so neat!