The standard net5501 case and the standard 2.5" mounting bracket will accommodate only a 9.5mm drive, not a 15mm drive. As to cooling, Michael may be right, but I've been running a number of net5501's with internal 2.5" drives for years without fans or additional venting without any problems.
Steve Michael Sierchio wrote: > Whether if fits or not, there isn't sufficient cooling in the standard > case for a hard drive (not without a fan and additional venting). > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Walton, Bryan K <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> I'm looking to replace my net4801. I haven't yet decided on whether to >> go ahead and buy a net5501 or wait for the net6501. >> >> I'm interested in using one of these units with a 2.5" hard drive. And >> I'd like to go with an enterprise level 2.5" drive. However, the >> enterprise 2.5" drives are actually 15mm tall, rather than the usual >> 9.5mm that you see in most laptop size hard drives. >> >> Can Soren or somebody confirm whether there is enough space in the >> net5501/6501 cases for a 15mm tall drive? >> >> Thanks, >> Bryan Walton >> >> -- >> Bryan K. Walton Division of Physiologic Imaging >> Systems Administrator University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics >> _______________________________________________ >> Soekris-tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > > _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
