Full refund AND they pay to ship back? Rock and a hard place. Wonder where they will end up if you do send back, recycle bin?Ugh...they offered to do a full refund. I really feel like there should be something in between.
Full refund AND they pay to ship back? Rock and a hard place. Wonder where they will end up if you do send back, recycle bin?Ugh...they offered to do a full refund. I really feel like there should be something in between.
Getting both at the same time was mostly just a coincidence that the deals happened so close together! I don't need that many drive bays but I did need to upgrade my Norco.Holy sh|t @raileon, you got one of those HGST 60 bay units AND one of these???
Do you mind sharing what your plans are for them other than shipping me the 847 once you realize you have too many slots and not enough disks/ssd's? HAHA
I couldn't help myself either and ordered one of the HGST models as well. You know I'm not 100% sold on the front look of that chassis but I could always have a new front cover made for it at a local machine shop. Plus the draw of how nice those 60 bays looked was just too much to pass up. That and the fact I would imagine these chassis should cost 10 times the current price brand new.Getting both at the same time was mostly just a coincidence that the deals happened so close together! I don't need that many drive bays but I did need to upgrade my Norco.
Current plans are to test the SM and the HGST, figure out which one I like most and offload the other plus the Norco. Right now I'm thinking the HGST is the better choice but the scattered reports of some drives not working plus the cost of replacing a PSU or expander in the HGST could be ridiculous.
Plus I upgraded my SM with the CB3 board and PWS-1K28P-SQ PSUs so I'm going to let them battle it out for the next couple of weeks before picking a winner
I don't get why anyone cares what it looks like in the front. Most racks have a door that makes it hard to see anything anyway and at least mine is in the basement storage room so no one goes in thereI couldn't help myself either and ordered one of the HGST models as well. You know I'm not 100% sold on the front look of that chassis but I could always have a new front cover made for it at a local machine shop.
This is a good thing right or we're you really hoping for the 36 bay version?I got mine today. Undamaged as well. The bad news is that I ordered the 36-bay server and got the 45 bay JBOD :-/
Interestingly enough, they removed the right side rack ears for shipment.
I was hoping for the 36 bay version. It was cheaper than re-cabling the existing 36-bay I have.This is a good thing right or we're you really hoping for the 36 bay version?