Supermicro CSE-933T-R760B with decent international shipping.

[RimBlock]

I recently started looking for chassis on ebay and there have been a few but I am getting quoted around $300 shipping to Singapore which knocks them out of budget.

Not needing a 4U with 24 drives I have been looking at the 3U units (15 -> 16 drives) with sata connected backplanes (Supermicro TQ chassis models without expanders) and there have been a few.

I have just picked up a CSE-933T-R760B from here. They accepted a $25 discount and the shipping to Singapore was only around $124. It should arrive in a couple of weeks.

RB

 

[Dajinn]

Idk about it man.

 

[zer0gravity]

Looks pretty old.....why not SAS?

 

[neo]

I was looking into those before, they are EOL (end of life) - finding components for it may be problematic. Otherwise not a bad case if it suites your needs.

 

[RimBlock]

Great deals not perfect chassis. The core point is the cheap international shipping and an OK disk storage chassis.

So on the plus side;

• 15x SATA-III drive slots with sleds.
• Triple psu.
• Reasonable condition
• Seller taking 'make an offer' offers of more than $5-$10
• Cheap international shipping

On the minus side;

• No SAS
• Older chassis

Personally I am not looking to include SAS drive in a home network and I would imagine that is not an uncommon viewpoint. Lack of SAS compatibility therefore may not be a big deal. Looking at picks of backplanes for this unit on Ebay, it looks like it may actually have SAS connectors on the drive side and SATA on the controller / motherboard side so SAS drives may work fine (although no real SAS advantages like dual ported features). I have a few 15k SAS drives knocking around so will try them when it arrives.

Older chassis... Supermicro chassis are usually very well made so I personally don't have too many concerns there. PSUs are available on Ebay for around $20 each or $80 for all three and the housing. . People are selling the SATA backplane for this unit @ $20 -> $50.

There is still someone selling these on EBay new for around $900 (plus $450 shipping to where I am).

Still looks like a reasonable deal especially if you are outside the US and need international delivery.