Daniel Feenberg wrote: > And what would be wrong with the Antec Twelve Hundred case, available > from Microcenter for $185? > > http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0361137 > > Not rack-mountable, but otherwise a fine, quiet case with lots of air > movement and space for 12 drives.
Seems fine if you don't care about space. (It's 20" high and 22" deep.) If that size case works for you, I'm pretty sure you can find others like it for half as much. My SOHO-class NAS specs would house 5 or 6 drives in an enclosure no larger than necessary to hold the drives, plus power supply, and mini-ITX motherboard. The drive bays should be trayless, like these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215081&Tpk=iStarUSA%20BPU-350SA The problem with these bays is that they cost as much as the entire case and power supply should cost ($115). Which is no doubt why you never see them used on SOHO-NASs. The bays are integral into the case design. Also, many of these bays aren't space efficient, as they are made to go into 5.25" bays, with wasted space on the side (1.75"). However 5-bay units are designed to mount with the 3.5" drives vertically oriented, resulting is less wasted space (.89" - you need some space for the eject mechanism). (They should provide better ventilation, too.) -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA "Enterprise solutions through open source." Professional Profile: http://tmetro.venturelogic.com/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
