Small tech tray for IKEA's Helmer cabinet (low cost renderfarm/cluster)

[Spotswood]

All of the server backplanes are way too long for the depth of a drawer, which is only ~15.25-inches.

The height of the AXX4DRV3G hotswap requires three drawers.

 

[PigLover]

How about the 16-drive 2.5" backplanes from SC213/219 chassis? https://www.supermicro.com/manuals/other/BPN-SAS-213A.pdf.

I don't have exact dimensions but they should be ~12".

They're cheap on eBay too: SuperMicro BPN-SAS-213A SAS213A 16 X 2.5" SAS / SATA Backplane VV2 E

 

[Spotswood]

How about the 16-drive 2.5" backplanes from SC213/219 chassis? https://www.supermicro.com/manuals/other/BPN-SAS-213A.pdf.

I don't have exact dimensions but they should be ~12".

They're cheap on eBay too: SuperMicro BPN-SAS-213A SAS213A 16 X 2.5" SAS / SATA Backplane VV2 E

That looks good, but I have serious reservations about the R&D costs that would be required in order to bring such a thing to (a tiny) market.

 

[Deslok]

All of the server backplanes are way too long for the depth of a drawer, which is only ~15.25-inches.

The height of the AXX4DRV3G hotswap requires three drawers.

What about rotating it sideways? or are they taller than a drawer is wide(they might be from the picture i don't have dimensions in front of me)
I think 2.5 drives are a better fit for something like this especially with the density of seagate 4tb drives. something like this might be a good fit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392074

 

[Spotswood]

What about rotating it sideways? or are they taller than a drawer is wide(they might be from the picture i don't have dimensions in front of me)
I think 2.5 drives are a better fit for something like this especially with the density of seagate 4tb drives. something like this might be a good fit
VANTEC MRK-M2512T Aluminum Mobile Rack 12 bays - Newegg.com

Yep, it fit sideways, no problem.

Its funny how you guys want everything super dense. Otherwise, your like "Pfffft, why bother. "

 

[Deslok]

Yep, it fit sideways, no problem.

Its funny how you guys want everything super dense. Otherwise, your like "Pfffft, why bother. "

That looks great but i was hoping rotating it sidewase would reduce it to 2 or possibly even 1 drawer height XD

 

[Spotswood]

That looks great but i was hoping rotating it sidewase would reduce it to 2 or possibly even 1 drawer height XD

Oh, yes, it will fit in two drawers.

 

[Scott_Paladin]

Spotswood, this project of yours is pretty fantastic. My back of the envelope math would indicate that one might be able to do a single drawer unit with an m-itx board and 4-6 LFF drives (not hotswappable) if you used something like a pico-psu. Any chance something like this might actually work?

 

[Spotswood]

Spotswood, this project of yours is pretty fantastic. My back of the envelope math would indicate that one might be able to do a single drawer unit with an m-itx board and 4-6 LFF drives (not hotswappable) if you used something like a pico-psu. Any chance something like this might actually work?

Thanks.

Four drives might work, but 6 would be too much:

 

[Scott_Paladin]

Thanks.

Four drives might work, but 6 would be too much:

Yeah the tolerances look tight. But that looks like the start of a dope ceph cluster.

 

[cesmith9999]

look at post #7... now that is a cluster node setup...

Chris

 

[Scott_Paladin]

look at post #7... now that is a cluster node setup...

Chris

For sure, but cost per gigabyte is nearly double for SFF disks.