Hi, II\m new here would liketo build my NAS server with UNRAID but I can't decide on the case yet.

 

Lian Li PC-A04

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=561&cl_index=1&sc_index=26&ss_index=69

 

or better

Lian Li PC-9F

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=526&cl_index=1&sc_index=26&ss_index=69

 

because you don't have to remove whole tray to change a single disk.

 

Problem: How do you see what the faulty drive is in a case there is no bad hdd leds like in special nas case?

 

I could buy HDD rack like this (this would require different case any suggestions)

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1294&id=1658

or perhaps this i better

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1257&ID=2032

 

I'm looking forward for using 6HDD's max But these hdd enclosures do not have fault LED either so

 

 

 

From my personal experience good notation of your drives makes all the difference.  I mark all my drives according to the unraid disk assignment page.  Parity, Disk1, Disk2, Disk3, and I place them in my cages the same way top to bottom or bottom to top, right to left, you just have to be consistent.  Also I label each drive by its disk number, brand, size and the last 4 of the serial number ie.. Parity WD2TB 4875, Disk1 WD2TB 2214 and so on.  By checking with the main page I can determine if disk 4 is faulty I can tell which one needs to be pulled. I know this isn't exactly what you had in mind but I would recommend detailed labeling for all unraid users.

I don't list disk 1 or 2 or anything, those can change, and all you need is the serial number.  I put the size, model, and last 6 #s of the serial.  I do have a different color sata cable on my parity drive as a reminder.