Well the old discontinued Caselabs Magnum TX10-D...want to stick potentially 2 ssi-eeb boards in there. Any suggestions? Cheap is the operative word of course...looking to find an ikea, or something 'chassis', and then can get plexiglass plates for pretty cheap. Won't be pretty! But after latest upgrade, and Corsair 900D really running out of space with 13 hdd and 5 ssd and 2 x psu, really need MORE SPACE!
Figure, iff I can get some galvanized steel/alu rails on the cheap, can just bolt on cheap plexi, (will be first time with a dremel/cirular metal cutter, forget the name, english is rusty).
Was thinking of doing it in wood, but for rf interference, not to mention all the kg's in there, maybe metal frame would be a better idea.
Am in Norway, so just general suggestions of folks who have done similar builds (ikea works! but not Walmart).
Of course, could just save a lot of pain and hassle and buy a fractal designs xl-r2, plop some rarely-used drives in there, and use it as render node or something. But in the long term...still going to need more drive space. At least 4 more. And no cannot buy cheap 24-drive server racks like you can in the US a la Norco...tried, not going to happen here. Not that I want a rack and high-pitched server whine next to me either...live in apartment, so not possible to put in garage.
Any and all ideas welcome for a quiet build! Was considering DAS via current serveraid 1115, say in small case with 8 hdd's or something with sas expander. Or custom pedestal for the corsair 900d...plop extra ps in there (old corsair 550 vx or something) along with extra hdd's.
Figure, iff I can get some galvanized steel/alu rails on the cheap, can just bolt on cheap plexi, (will be first time with a dremel/cirular metal cutter, forget the name, english is rusty).
Was thinking of doing it in wood, but for rf interference, not to mention all the kg's in there, maybe metal frame would be a better idea.
Am in Norway, so just general suggestions of folks who have done similar builds (ikea works! but not Walmart).
Of course, could just save a lot of pain and hassle and buy a fractal designs xl-r2, plop some rarely-used drives in there, and use it as render node or something. But in the long term...still going to need more drive space. At least 4 more. And no cannot buy cheap 24-drive server racks like you can in the US a la Norco...tried, not going to happen here. Not that I want a rack and high-pitched server whine next to me either...live in apartment, so not possible to put in garage.
Any and all ideas welcome for a quiet build! Was considering DAS via current serveraid 1115, say in small case with 8 hdd's or something with sas expander. Or custom pedestal for the corsair 900d...plop extra ps in there (old corsair 550 vx or something) along with extra hdd's.