speeding_ant Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Yikes - I caught the bug! I wouldn't stand for any old ugly case, had to get something awesome. Specs: Zalman MS1000 3x3 bay Hot Swap Drives Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 2.7GHz AMD AthlonTM II X2 4400e 4Gb Ram SIL3132 Chipset Sata PCIe Card Pics: Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Handsome! Are you going to put a hot swap bay in that top 5.25" bay or leave it as a 9 drive server? How do the Zalman drive bays compare to others that you've used? Quote Link to comment
ilovegoodnugz Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 mobo foam for air filters. Quote Link to comment
speeding_ant Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 I think I'll leave it as a 9 bay server for now. It seems to be a good number for me. I can host one more additional drive if I need, but at the moment that connection is hooked into an eSATA port at the top of the case. Pretty nifty Zalman drive bays are fine. Cheap, and do the job. You can use any 92mm fan, and it has a two speed fan control switch. Also only requires one molex per bay, so you can run all three off a single cable from PSU. Quote Link to comment
B1G Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I think I'll leave it as a 9 bay server for now. It seems to be a good number for me. I can host one more additional drive if I need, but at the moment that connection is hooked into an eSATA port at the top of the case. Pretty nifty Zalman drive bays are fine. Cheap, and do the job. You can use any 92mm fan, and it has a two speed fan control switch. Also only requires one molex per bay, so you can run all three off a single cable from PSU. Nice rig ! What Zalman are those ? I can't find them anywhere. I'm looking at non-swappable 4in3's just to reduce cost. But if I could find something affordable in the swappable cat. I'd go for it! Quote Link to comment
speeding_ant Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 http://www.quietpc.com/nz-en-nzd/products/caseaccessories/zm-hdr1 www.quietpc.com/nz-en-nzd/products/pc-cases/ms1000-hs2 Quote Link to comment
Blofeld Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 tsts....you shouldn't be posting sexy pics like that here...you really shouldn't! Nice stuff! Quote Link to comment
dikkiedirk Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 What fans did you use? Specifically those on the back of the drive cages. Quote Link to comment
kizer Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Wow that does look really nice. I like your wire work! Quote Link to comment
dikkiedirk Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 What happened to the pictures in the OP? I cant aee them anymore. Quote Link to comment
speeding_ant Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 Server off, back on soon. Quote Link to comment
dikkiedirk Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Will those blue LEDs on the bays only light when all cables (power and sata) are properly attached and the SATA-port is working/enabled? Would be a nice help when troubleshooting. Quote Link to comment
speeding_ant Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 I think it's only if the drive is being powered, the SATA is just a pass through. Quote Link to comment
dikkiedirk Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks speeding_ant, unfortunately I have run into some serious trouble with my just bought ms1000-hs2 and zm-hdr1. When I insert some drives in the cage, either those that came with the ms1000 or in the separately bought zm-hdr1, none of the blue leds light up, and the drives dont show up in the bios. After further investigation I noticed that only the tip of the SATA connector gets inserted in the connector of the back-plane of the zm-hdr1. I just wonder if this is by design, or a flaw. I think its common practice in electronics that a connector gets fully seated. Edit: Seems I just was too quick with my conclusions: I am used to the "automated" disk insertion of QNAP and Thecus NASes and HP WHS. In my opinion that is the way it should be: Mount the drive in the tray, shove the tray with disk in the cage, lock the tray and disk in place with the handle on the front of the tray. And that should be it. All electical connections should be made and reliable. Not so in the ms1000/zm-hdr1: After closing the handle I had to push in the tray a little further so the SATA connector would be fully inserted. Well, lesson learned here: Don't expect a 35 Euro cage to compete with a 150 Euro one. For me it's a little nuisance that I can easily learn to live with. Maybe it is just my ms1000 but I doubt that because I had the same experience with a separately bought zm-hdr1 Quote Link to comment
speeding_ant Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 Yes you have to make sure the tray pushes all the way in before connection is made. They are cheap Definitely not as good as the far more expensive options out there, but does the job none the less. Quote Link to comment
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