February 15, 201610 yr Ran across this on Ebay while looking for replacement case. 10% off for another 12 hours bringing it to $89.99 with free shipping to US, ships to multiple countries as well. Looks to be a decent inexpensive case based on reviews at several sites with large drive capacity for those not concerned with hot/external swap capability. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rosewill-RSV-L4500-4U-Rackmount-Server-Chassis-with-15-Internal-Bays-and-8-Fans-/172051843278 EDIT: Found walk-through of the case on YouTube.
February 16, 201610 yr This is actually a pretty good case, It's been housing my current unRAID build for the last 3 years. It only has one real drawback and that is the handles. They are exceedingly large, and made it impossible to close the door on my rack, (Though I am using an AV rack). I had to remove the handles, but the problem is the hinged door is built into the handles, so the whole front door had to come off as well. Still a great cheap case, with TONS of cooling.
February 16, 201610 yr Is it possible to stick 5x3 cages in the 3 front bays? Or are the bays specifically designed to only take 3.5" HDs?
February 16, 201610 yr Author Is it possible to stick 5x3 cages in the 3 front bays? Or are the bays specifically designed to only take 3.5" HDs? The manual shows what the cages look like that come with it. I've read in the past the Rosewill 4x3 cages can be swapped in so might be possible.
February 16, 201610 yr Is it possible to stick 5x3 cages in the 3 front bays? Or are the bays specifically designed to only take 3.5" HDs? I couldn't tell you for sure as I never have tried it. I do however have a 5in3 iStar coming this week for the center of my new Norco RPC-470. I'll give it a test in the Rosewill and let you know how things end up.
February 17, 201610 yr Nice case, I was ready to push the buy button but then notice that there is no back plane. I guess the back plane is what makes them expensive.
February 17, 201610 yr Nice case, I was ready to push the buy button but then notice that there is no back plane. I guess the back plane is what makes them expensive. You can get the RSV4512 for ~$200 with 12 hotswap bays
February 25, 201610 yr Nice case, I was ready to push the buy button but then notice that there is no back plane. I guess the back plane is what makes them expensive. You can get the RSV4512 for ~$200 with 12 hotswap bays googled that model and no hits, strange
February 25, 201610 yr Author Nice case, I was ready to push the buy button but then notice that there is no back plane. I guess the back plane is what makes them expensive. You can get the RSV4512 for ~$200 with 12 hotswap bays googled that model and no hits, strange Try RSV-L4412. Only issue is at the price they want for it your almost to a Norco RPC-4020.
February 25, 201610 yr Is it possible to stick 5x3 cages in the 3 front bays? Or are the bays specifically designed to only take 3.5" HDs? I couldn't tell you for sure as I never have tried it. I do however have a 5in3 iStar coming this week for the center of my new Norco RPC-470. I'll give it a test in the Rosewill and let you know how things end up. Opened up my Rosewill RSV-L4500 this past weekend to start gutting it for the Dual Xeon I just set up. You can definitely pull the stock HDD racks and get your 5in3's in there. You may have to drill some holes to secure, but don't quote me on that. Still a good case, and after looking it over I can see i will fit an SSI EEB motherboard. My second Dual Xeons may end up in this case...
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