bubbaQ Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I once found a link to a 3-in-3 SATA hot swap drive cage. Now you may ask, why a 3-in-3? You gain no extra density. The reason is airflow. With the 3-in-3 spacing, the drives don't heat each other up, and you need less airflow, and thus less noise. This is for my desktop, not a server, so quiet is important. The one I found before used a 120mm fan and had a backplane that was the most open I have ever seen.... even more open than the Lian Li EX-H34. practically the whole right 2/3 (as viewed from the rear) was open. Anyway, I can't find it now... anyone have any suggestions? Quote Link to comment
nAffie Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 I have these in my case: http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=383 Very, very quiet, two of them came with my case... (http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=367) Quote Link to comment
bubbaQ Posted August 5, 2010 Author Share Posted August 5, 2010 I have these in my case: http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Product_Read.asp?idx=383 That is my "plan B" if I can't find the other one. But none of the images I can find of it show the inside, and the openness of the backplane. Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 You could stack up three of these: Mobile Rack for 3.5 inches SATA HDD - Open Frame The quality is actually surprisingly good - I have two of them in my desktop. No dedicated fan, but the price is right. My drives stay decently cool (in the 30s) just from the case's rear fans. Quote Link to comment
lionelhutz Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 You sure it wasn't a 3 in 2 cage? Those are around and fairly common. Peter Quote Link to comment
Kaygee Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 EX-H33SB is a fairly open design, like the EX-H34 but a 3 bay design. Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 There are allot of interesting racks here. Maybe there's something that could suffice. http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=130_151_257_756 Quote Link to comment
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