Short depth chassis suggestions

[spall]

Hey all,

 

I'm getting a friend of mine on to the unRAID bus, but due to space constraints he needs a chassis that fits under his TV.  Width isn't an issue, but 9" High and 18" deep are the rack dimensions. I'm thinking maybe going to 21" with bit of overhang would be fine. The rack is open in the back.

 

Capacity for 10+ drives would be ideal as would MicroATX mobo support.

 

Short depth cases are weird to search for. I've seen a few ideas, but wondering if anyone else found themselves in this boat and what they did.

 

Thanks!

[Qtrmeg]

Maybe this Silverstone HTPC Case?

 

You can try narrowing your search to HTPC or Desktop cases,

[spall]

Thanks! I hadn't seen that one. I had casually searched HTPC case, but abandoned that because most of them aren't designed for mass storage. Also, it doesn't necessarily need to look like an AV component.

 

The case LT used for the official server would have been perfect actually.

 

But I'm going to look into this Silverstone a bit more.

[boxtor]

There is the Norco RPM-4308 rackmount case with 8 hot swap trays.  It's short depth.

[bobkart]

I was on a similar search before my latest build, had considered this one:

 

http://www.istarusa.com/istarusa/products.php?model=D-3100HN#.V84II_nQfAQ

 

3U, 19" deep, 10 trayless hotswap bays.  There is also an eight-bay version (D-380HN).

 

Also considered the Norco RPC-2212:  2U, 12 hotswap bays, but it's ~26" deep.

 

I got my latest build in just 2U, 15.5" deep, with room for nine drives (three trayless hotswap, six internal):

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=47025.0

 

EDIT:  The case I used in the above build won't hold nine drives when used with a micro-ATX motherboard (two drives less I believe).

 

I used a mini-ITX motherboard to have room for nine drives.