Re: New 1u rackmount case with 4 x Hotswap SATA

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the update.

I'll be waiting until Linitx get some in stock and then may go with
a passive Jetaway MoBo. Interesting comment about the heat
dissipation and I think I'll be choosing the HDD carefully

Paul

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "noughtomate" <balraj_jassal@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> It's going well, but not quitre complete at the moment.
>
> To answer your question, the EPIA 12000G EN (Passivly cooled) fits
> well. The case is extremly tight and consideration needs to be
given
> to cooling. I'm not sure if the EPIA 15000 with it's fan would
fit.
>
> The EPIA EN by default only has 2 SATA connectors, so to harness
the
> cases full capabolities I'm researching RAID cards for the other 2
> Hot swap drives.
>
> The case supports with 2 x 2.5" SATA or IDE drives, so given I
want
> to use SATA for Hotswap, I have Windows Home Server booting off a
> 2.5 IDE.
>
> Given this case can hold 4 x 3.5" SATA's, 2 x 2.5" (Either),
1 x
> Slim CD/DVD drive, 1 x CF card in a AV Rack Mount depth it's quite
> an amazing peice of kit.
>
> I've found Mini-ITX.com's recommended Rack slide rails for Travla
> cases don't work well, so I'm seeking alternatives.
>
> One slight complaint, is that the cases two fans do run noisy, but
> given my Node 0 is under the stairs, I'm not too worried about
that.
>
> As I said, it's the only case I know that is so flexible and
doesn't
> require a full depth Rack.
>
> I'm happy with it, but the real test is when it's all closed up up
> and storing real data 24x7. I'll need to consider heat monitoring
> just to be safe.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Balraj
>
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Bendall" <paul@> wrote:
> >
> > How did the case and server build go?
> >
> > The 1TB green drives on the AutomatedHome front-page would make
a
> > wonderful NAS solution of 3TB in this case
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
>



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