I've got a healthy Centurion 590 with 3 4-in-3's for a total of 12 slots at the moment - and it's filling up. I've had a drive hanging vertically from the fan meshes in the top for a while... (which has not caused any problems - it's just that I can only fit one more that way).

 

A Norco 4224 would seem to be the proper way to go - but if I can get away with spending less I'd be all up for that.

 

Are there any good options in external drive cages?

 

I've got a total of 18 SATA ports, 8 of which are from a Supermicro SASLP-MV8 card. I don't mind it being a little ghetto (like SATA expander cables from the SASLP-MV8 ports being routed outside the CM590) if it can operate reliably.

 

Any ideas? Anybody doing this?

aaronwt - the king of external storage

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2031.msg139143#msg139143

What about pairing it up with a second CM 590 and running cables from one to the other?

 

I bought a couple CM590's thinking I was going to do that so I would have less issues with PSU's.

I changed mid way to one CM Stacker with 20 re movables.

 

However if another CM590 side by side interests you, perhaps we could make a deal for one of my spares.