xtatdsm Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Hello Guys, I have been using unraid for few years already (for media purposes mainly) I finally pulled the trigger and bought few components to upgrade what i already have. I will be running 12 hard disks, an ATX gigabyte motherboard that supports 6 Sata drives (3x Sata II and 3x Sata III). This is the case that i already bought http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811123153 Sata card: Supermicro PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS RAID Controller (AOC-SASLP-MV8) Now the question is, I am torn apart between 4 different types of 4x3.5 in 3x5.25 hot swap cages (I don't really need the 5 into 3 hot swaps which will save me some money and the drivers will run cooler with the 4 in 3. I will be getting two cages to install on each side of the case. These are what I am looking at; 1- KingWin Multi-Bay Internal Rack, 4 Drives for 3 Bay Space for SATA Components Other KF-4002-BK http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-Multi-Bay-Internal-Components-KF-4002-BK/dp/B00856XFVC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top (I like the 120mm fan that comes with this.) 2- iStarUSA BPN-DE340SS 3x5.25" to 4x3.5" SAS/SATA 6.0 Gb/s Trayless Hot-Swap Cage Black http://www.amazon.com/iStarUSA-BPN-DE340SS-3x5-25-Trayless-Hot-Swap/dp/B004IMKTX4/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1374173302&sr=1-14&keywords=4+hot+swap (it looks like it's well built, but I am not sure about its cooling vs noise.) 3- ICY DOCK MB154SP-B 4 in 3 SATA 6Gbps Hot-Swap HDD Backplane Module Cage Rack http://www.amazon.com/MB154SP-B-6Gbps-Hot-Swap-Backplane-Module/dp/B009HIOW1O/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_tnr_8 4- Norco SS-400 4 Bay 3.5 SATA/SAS Hot Swap Rack Module http://www.amazon.com/Norco-SS-400-SATA-Swap-Module/dp/B008ANH368/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374173943&sr=8-2&keywords=norco+ss-400 (cooling, noise !) which would you guys recommend? I, just like all of you I guess, am concerned with Cooling, Noise, and durability. Thanks in advanced. Quote Link to comment
mrow Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 I'd go with the iStarUSA model. It's trayless and is the best looking of all drive cages on the market IMO. I have the 1 drive version of it in a machine I have dedicated to preclearing disks and it's great. Quote Link to comment
xtatdsm Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Thanks for your help, I went ahead and placed the order for 2x iStarUSA BPN-DE340SS 3x5.25" to 4x3.5" SAS/SATA 6.0 Gb/s Trayless hot swap. Regards Quote Link to comment
thuy-nam Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Hi, please check rosewind website, i found the best 4x3 than items was listed. It have space for each hdd to keep air flow through. Good luck. Nam. Quote Link to comment
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