Another version, but this one can handle a full size ATX PSU, ATX motherboard and 12x hotswap via 3x Intel AXX4DRV3G SAS/SATA Four-Drive Hot Swap Drive Bay, all cooled by a bottom-fed air duct (front fans not shown).
I'm always designing.Are new designs still being developed? something intended to take 8+ 2.5 drives with the new 15mm 4tb models we've been playing with would make a very attractive media/storage solution.
Anything that would allow easy swapping would be greatI'm always designing.
How do you want the drives mounted?
You can fit five 5.25-inch devices in a two drawer high case.
A three drawer high case would make for a pretty awesome rig:
Yes.No i think for high density storage array, we can build a mini Backblaze storage pods. Can we have like 5 pods for 5 drawers and 1 drawers for host computer?
I wonder if you could vertically mount some 5.25" to 3.5" hot-swap bays to get your ease of mount. Using a mITX or uATX you could fit the motherboard in-front of the power supply and that'd could give you a lot of space up top to mount multiple converters.Anything that would allow easy swapping would be great
I had thought about that, but was concerned about airflow. Although, I could include some modified converters ?I wonder if you could vertically mount some 5.25" to 3.5" hot-swap bays to get your ease of mount. Using a mITX or uATX you could fit the motherboard in-front of the power supply and that'd could give you a lot of space up top to mount multiple converters.
If you were designing and entire cabinet for storage you could to a Top>bottom airflow with an intake fan at the top and an exhaust at the bottom pulling air down through all the drives and then out so the standard fans on the converters wouldn't be a problem, a pair of large case fans(one in one out) should do the trick if it's just drives.I had thought about that, but was concerned about airflow. Although, I could include some modified converters ?
Top-to-bottom air flow was suggested because of the suggestion to mount the hot swap bays nose up.Why you you try and fight natural thermal direction by trying to push warm air down? Put a dust filter on the bottom and suck cold air up, vent the warm air up. Much, MUCH more effective
As long as the CFM is sufficient to remove the heat the direction doesn't matter and I highly doubt harddrives put off enough heat to cause substantial air movement on their own to cause problems in this instance.Why you you try and fight natural thermal direction by trying to push warm air down? Put a dust filter on the bottom and suck cold air up, vent the warm air up. Much, MUCH more effective