Those who are self hosting at home, what case are you using? (Looking for recommendations) (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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TLDR: If you were building a NAS for 8 HDDs and 1 SSD today, what case would you use?

I'm going to be rebuilding my system soon (currently using an old PowerEdge T610) using one of my other older (R5 1600) systems and I've basically hit a road block on picking a case.

I've got 8 HDDs that need to fit in the system after it's rebuilt (plus at least one SSD) so I'm kinda limited in that regard.

The rest of the system is planned out (mostly because I'm reusing old parts) it's just the case I'm stuck on.

I'm wanting to avoid rack mounting currently mostly due to space (and wanting to keep it under $200)

I was thinking maybe the Fractal Design Define R5, the Fractal Design Node 804, or the Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 but I'm open to suggestions.

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[-] turkishmonky@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I'm using a NetApp ds4246 to hold 24 drives, and it's glorious - embrace the rack mount life. Although my computers themselves are all HP Prodesk minis, which are tiny and amazing, 1 u high and can fit two across on a shelf.

[-] Dalraz@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

I have been looking to do this as well, I'm just not 100% sure how it all connects together. Do you have the disk shelf connect to a server with lots of sas cards?

[-] turkishmonky@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

You just need one it mode hba sas controller with an external out, and probably a conversion cable from 8088 to netapp's 8436.

You can daisy chain shelves if needed, and I think you can use a second sas card for active failover but I haven't tried it.

[-] Dalraz@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Oh, i thought a single sas port could only do 8 sata drives. Interesting

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