[Tower cases with 5.25" drive bays top to bottom...]

 

I am getting ready to order the parts for my UnRAID build.  Does anyone know if there is a 5x3 cage that will fit the Zalman MS800 without modifying the case?  Or even another case that will support three 5x3 cages without modification?

 

Thanks!

There are no cases I know of that do not need modification to accept 5-in-3 cages.  4-in-3 cages will fit fine, but 5-in-3 will not.

 

What needs to be modified?

The tabs that are in the cage to hold a DVD/Blu Ray drive need to be bent/cut off

 

Makes sense, thanks.

[Tower cases with 5.25" drive bays top to bottom...]

I am getting ready to order the parts for my UnRAID build.  Does anyone know if there is a 5x3 cage that will fit the Zalman MS800 without modifying the case?  Or even another case that will support three 5x3 cages without modification?

 

Thanks!

There are no cases I know of that do not need modification to accept 5-in-3 cages.  4-in-3 cages will fit fine, but 5-in-3 will not.

 

What needs to be modified?

[YAMJ on unRAID]

The Popcorn Hour uses its hardware to decode pretty much anything you throw at it. So, if you're planning on using the HP Micro Server as your unRAID machine, to serve your media files to the Popcorn Hour, then you're on the right track.

 

That's all I needed, thanks!

[YAMJ on unRAID]

I have a question for everyone.

Does YAMJ transcode or simply serve media?

 

The reason I ask is because I want to use this on a HP Micro Server and they simply to do have the grunt to transcode anything over a DVD. So does the UNRAID server transcode the media and push it like PS3 Media Server/Plex etc. or does YAMJ provide the service so the Popcorn hour can pull the files on its self (streaming) and playing them using it's own codecs.

 

I hope that questions makes sense.