December 14, 201411 yr Hi, I need your help guys! Situation now : I have a coolermaster centurion 590 case Mobo is ASUS M4A78LT-M, this is micro atx form right? Power supply is Corsair CX430, not sure which factor form this is I have 5 hard drives Soon i need an expansion card to have more sata slots available, so new case should be able to stock this too What i want is an affordable (1 or 2 cases) 19 inch rack mountable case which is very future proof, has decent air flow ! It should also be able to contain my mobo and power supply i have now ( annd big enough to stock another mobo for unraid if this one dies) + it should be able to stock 12 a 15 hard drives! And available in europe (belgium) I added a pic of my 19 inch patchcase which will contain the rackmountable case Thx in advance
December 14, 201411 yr Author Are these any good? Rackmount case: http://www.netis-systems.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218&Itemid=213〈=en storage case: ?http://www.netis-systems.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=607&Itemid=520〈=en And whats the difference between rack mount case and storage case here?
December 14, 201411 yr ... I added a pic of my 19 inch patchcase which will contain the rackmountable case ... I'm not sure I understand what you are planning, but if your plan is to place standard 19" rackmount computer/server cases into electrical patch box - there might be a problem. Those patch boxes are made of thin metal and are designed for much lighter equipment. Simply put - it will not hold the weight of 19" rackmount computer case with all the hardware in it. Besides, patch boxes are typically not deep enough to house rackmount computer cases. When I was building my servers (rackmount Norco 4020 cases), I did consider all kinds of housings, including 19" audio racks, 19" networking racks, electrical patch boxes, etc., etc., I was even considering DYI racks. All because I did not want huge full-height 42-U (about 7 feet high) server rack which are very common and easy to get. I wanted half-height (18-24 U) used server rack, which turned out to be kind of rarity and very hard to find. Along the way I've learned that standard rackmount server cases must be housed in standard server rack, all other options are either unsafe, or ugly, or both. I was almost ready to pay about $900+ for brand new half-height rack, but was lucky to discover used one on craigslist (kinda online flea-market here in USA) for $250... and now I am happy with it.
December 14, 201411 yr Are these any good? Rackmount case: http://www.netis-systems.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=218&Itemid=213〈=en storage case: ?http://www.netis-systems.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=607&Itemid=520〈=en Those cases look very similar to Norco cases sold in USA. As far as I can tell, Norco cases are very popular in unraiding crowd. I use two Norco 4020 and like them. And whats the difference between rack mount case and storage case here? From the quick look, "storage cases" have hot-swappable hard drive cages, accessible from the front, while "simply cases" have most HDDs mounted inside. Both are rack-mountable, of course.
December 15, 201411 yr Author Depth is indeed a problem Total depth of patchcase is 50 cm So thinking i still need to use cables between patchpanel and switch i should stay away a bit from 50 cm Say i could have max 43 or 44 cm depth case? Anyone found such one? I could support the case on the bottom to the wall.
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