Quiet 8*2.5" drive case (not rackmount)

[guiniol]

I looked but couldn't find one that uses 4 lanes

Ack.

 

[guiniol]

For the Node 804, you can't put fans above the drive cages, right? I was looking at the manual and it seems that you have to remove the cages if you want to put in fans on those spots.

 

[Tech Junky]

For the Node 804, you can't put fans above the drive cages, right? I was looking at the manual and it seems that you have to remove the cages if you want to put in fans on those spots.

The top panel is mesh and there's no room for fans.

 

[louie1961]

For the Node 804, you can't put fans above the drive cages, right? I was looking at the manual and it seems that you have to remove the cages if you want to put in fans on those spots.

I don't think you would want to. The Node 304/804 are designed for front to back linear air flow. The drives and drive cages are optimized for that flow. In fact the drive cages are closed on top, kind of making it not worthwhile to even try to put fans above the drive cages.

 

[guiniol]

Alright, that's what I thought. I'm wondering about putting U.2 drives in there but they need solid airflow AFAIU.

 

[louie1961]

Oh the airflow is solid. That's not an issue.

 

[guiniol]

Good to know then

 

[guiniol]

I just did a build that was aiming to imitate the 45 home labs HL8, but without the hotswap back plane. I used the following and have been pretty happy with it

Gigabyte B550i Aorus Pro AX ITX board
Ryzen 5 pro 5650GE
64 gb of Nemix ECC RAM
Corsair RM650 PSU
M.2 NVMe to SATA 3.0 Adapter Card (ASM1166)
6 enterprise SSDs and 2 Ironwolf spinners
Noctua NH-L12Sx77 CPU cooler
10Gtek 10Gb PCI-E NIC Network Card, Dual SFP+ Port
Node 304 case

I am running Proxmox bare metal and have virtualized TrueNAS Scale with the M.2 to SATA card passed through to TrueNAS

What enterprise SSDs are you using? Still on the fence between U.2 and SATA and I think the price of the drives is going to be the main factor here, and it's not looking good for the SATA SSDs.

 

[louie1961]

Samsung SM863a

 

[guiniol]

Samsung SM863a

Alright, that's already on my list of drives to look out for. Thanks!

 

[guiniol]

In the end, I went with 6 drives and a Streacom FC-10, which is fully silent.

Full build here: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/help-needed-with-nas-build.45870/post-458722

 

[winston1684]

ATX cases with high storage (may have to use 2.5 to 3.5 adapter brackets)
Dark Rock Classico Storage Master / Storage Master Max
Antec P101 silent
Fractal Design Define R5 / R7
Cooler Master N400
Phanteks Entoo Pro 2 Server Edition

if buying new my money would go toward the Define R5 due to its sound absorbing panels and cable management.

 

[guiniol]

I meant that the list linked is what I actually bought. I did have to use a couple of 3.5" to 2.5" adapters.