Ok so my old intel ss4200 (which has been a great little system) is dur for replacement, I've planned out and started building my new hotness opensolaris/zfs nas and am looking for a case that has teh following
8+ 3.5 drive bays
1 to 2 2.5 drive bays
because I live with roomates right now I also need this to be fairly quiet or Id just grab a half/quarter rack and throw a 2u SM chassis in a closet or basement or what have you.
That said for the money so far i've been thinking about
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146062
Kind of funny looking but otherwise will suit, but is there something less gamer looking out there that would do the job? The chenbro's i've looked at all seem to stop at 8 drive bays which isnt enugh, and a majority of the other cases i might use are just going to be too loud. There still seems to be that mid range DIY nas market that isnt quite addressed as far as cases go, or have i just not looked hard enough?
Otherwise system would be a c2d/supermicro board I have and once i have some drives im going to do some testing with the controllers i have to see which setup would work b est, the main reason i settled on that case was good airflow, 2 120's in front to keep air moving over the drives should help with temps if there is potential for that to be an issue, but id have loved a 2.5 bay down on the bottom like im starting to see on some newer cases.
8+ 3.5 drive bays
1 to 2 2.5 drive bays
because I live with roomates right now I also need this to be fairly quiet or Id just grab a half/quarter rack and throw a 2u SM chassis in a closet or basement or what have you.
That said for the money so far i've been thinking about
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146062
Kind of funny looking but otherwise will suit, but is there something less gamer looking out there that would do the job? The chenbro's i've looked at all seem to stop at 8 drive bays which isnt enugh, and a majority of the other cases i might use are just going to be too loud. There still seems to be that mid range DIY nas market that isnt quite addressed as far as cases go, or have i just not looked hard enough?
Otherwise system would be a c2d/supermicro board I have and once i have some drives im going to do some testing with the controllers i have to see which setup would work b est, the main reason i settled on that case was good airflow, 2 120's in front to keep air moving over the drives should help with temps if there is potential for that to be an issue, but id have loved a 2.5 bay down on the bottom like im starting to see on some newer cases.
