I've been researching a rebuild of my home server for a few months and am about ready to start buying. I'm hoping to replace an aging Synology DS-1511+ and harvest the 5x3TB drives in it. I also have about 10x1Tb Hitachi platters laying around I'd like to use. Currently running all my software on a i5-2500k tower setup, using Ubuntu.
I'd like to consolidate this all into one case. I'll be buying a new motherboard(IPMI is a feature I can't live without now since it'll be headless). I'd need at least 16 bays, but I don't really see myself ever needing much more than 24 or so. Hot swap is nice, but this is not high availability, so as long as it's not horrific to access the drives, I don't mind having them mounted.
The D8000 seems to run about $375 or so. I know I'll need to pick up fans for it, but they can be quiet. I'll need a power supply, but it'll be a simple ATX. 20 3.5" bays that are easily accessible from the front. Plenty of case room, and it's on wheels. There's 5.25 bays that can be converted for a few more 3.5" drive slots if I need it.
Yes, I'll need to purchase either some type of expander or multiple SAS/Sata cards(it seems like 3 cards would be cheaper/easier than an expander though). I think I'll be running FreeNas possibly on the new build, so I believe there's no issue there running multiple cards.
Anyone have any serious reasons NOT to consider this box? I've been seriously tempted by the SuperMicro chassis. This machine will be in a basement. However, the only rack I have is a 12" depth wall mount. My pfsense box is in a small SM 505-203b chassis. Switches are also in that rack. I don't need a full depth one. But the depth of a full rack SM 846 makes it awkward to place. I don't mind the noise issue, but I feel like the expander is the only thing I'll benefit from, but I still need to track one down that supports SAS2 to avoid issues with larger drives. Any good deals end up with motherboard/processors that aren't the type I want and may even be a bad idea due to power consumption, so I'm not necessarily saving on that end either.
That was a lot of uncoordinated word vomit above. Short question, for similar out of pocket costs, any real negative reason against a Lian Li D8000 over a SM chassis if I don't NEED more than 24 bays, don't NEED hot swap, and don't have a full depth rack to mount the SM chassis on anyways?
I'd like to consolidate this all into one case. I'll be buying a new motherboard(IPMI is a feature I can't live without now since it'll be headless). I'd need at least 16 bays, but I don't really see myself ever needing much more than 24 or so. Hot swap is nice, but this is not high availability, so as long as it's not horrific to access the drives, I don't mind having them mounted.
The D8000 seems to run about $375 or so. I know I'll need to pick up fans for it, but they can be quiet. I'll need a power supply, but it'll be a simple ATX. 20 3.5" bays that are easily accessible from the front. Plenty of case room, and it's on wheels. There's 5.25 bays that can be converted for a few more 3.5" drive slots if I need it.
Yes, I'll need to purchase either some type of expander or multiple SAS/Sata cards(it seems like 3 cards would be cheaper/easier than an expander though). I think I'll be running FreeNas possibly on the new build, so I believe there's no issue there running multiple cards.
Anyone have any serious reasons NOT to consider this box? I've been seriously tempted by the SuperMicro chassis. This machine will be in a basement. However, the only rack I have is a 12" depth wall mount. My pfsense box is in a small SM 505-203b chassis. Switches are also in that rack. I don't need a full depth one. But the depth of a full rack SM 846 makes it awkward to place. I don't mind the noise issue, but I feel like the expander is the only thing I'll benefit from, but I still need to track one down that supports SAS2 to avoid issues with larger drives. Any good deals end up with motherboard/processors that aren't the type I want and may even be a bad idea due to power consumption, so I'm not necessarily saving on that end either.
That was a lot of uncoordinated word vomit above. Short question, for similar out of pocket costs, any real negative reason against a Lian Li D8000 over a SM chassis if I don't NEED more than 24 bays, don't NEED hot swap, and don't have a full depth rack to mount the SM chassis on anyways?