9 bay case without drive guide rails

[xrapidx]

Can anyone recommend a 9 bay case which doesn't have guide rails in the drive bays? (so I can mount 3x Icydocks)

Tried Esquire, they don't have cases like that.

I'm not looking for a gaming chassis with led lights and windows, this is purely a storage solution.

Might end up importing a case...

 

[KhoisanX]

Might end up importing a case...

Wouldn't it be easier and faster to modify a case you can get locally?

 

[xrapidx]

Wouldn't it be easier and faster to modify a case you can get locally?

I don't feel like the hassle, or screwing up the structure of the case, if my current case is anything to go buy, removing the railings on the drive bays would collapse them.

Not having those guide rails can't be that uncommon, the problem is I don't want to walk around stores looking for 9 bay PCs, and opening them to see if they have rails

 

[mike156]

I was looking for something similar last week

I'm on my phone so i cant paste a link but search on server-warehouse.co.za for a product called norcotek.

They have up to a 16 bay enclosure IIRC.

 

[xrapidx]

I was looking for something similar last week

I'm on my phone so i cant paste a link but search on server-warehouse.co.za for a product called norcotek.

They have up to a 16 bay enclosure IIRC.

The one for R11,340? Way to much

Thinking of R1000 case, and 3x IcyDock bays for R1600 = R5800 for fifteen drives. (I have an old PC with 10 onboard SATA2)

 

[mike156]

I don't remember it being so much

I'll check later and post the link if I can find it.

 

[mike156]

Oops, yeah, that's a little pricey.

How about the 10 bay unit with 10x hot swap and 5x internal bays(I think) for R3419. You may even be able to add an icy dock unit.

http://www.server-warehouse.co.za/norco-4u-rackmount-with-10-hot-swappable-bays

 

[xrapidx]

Much better. Will look into it definitely worth it if it can take 15 drives.

 

[Syphonx]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1141848/a-case-with-the-most-external-drive-bays

Is that what you have in mind? Antec 1200 looks perfect.

 

[Seriously]

Can anyone recommend a 9 bay case which doesn't have guide rails in the drive bays? (so I can mount 3x Icydocks)

Tried Esquire, they don't have cases like that.

I'm not looking for a gaming chassis with led lights and windows, this is purely a storage solution.

Might end up importing a case...

From Esquire?
http://www.esquire-shop.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=1283800
http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/chassis/sc5300/sb/sc5300_tps_rev131.pdf

 

[xrapidx]

From Esquire?
http://www.esquire-shop.co.za/ProductDescription.aspx?id=1283800
http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/chassis/sc5300/sb/sc5300_tps_rev131.pdf

Thanks, meant PC cases, not their server cases, they said they had in server variety, but at R4000-5000.

 

[xrapidx]

http://www.overclock.net/t/1141848/a-case-with-the-most-external-drive-bays

Is that what you have in mind? Antec 1200 looks perfect.

That'll do also.... will keep this if the server one doesn't take 15 drives.

 

[xrapidx]

Oops, yeah, that's a little pricey.

How about the 10 bay unit with 10x hot swap and 5x internal bays(I think) for R3419. You may even be able to add an icy dock unit.

http://www.server-warehouse.co.za/norco-4u-rackmount-with-10-hot-swappable-bays

Anyone know if this case is available locally in Cape Town? Transport from Jhb for the above is almost R500.

 

[Tinuva]

The one for R11,340? Way to much

Thinking of R1000 case, and 3x IcyDock bays for R1600 = R5800 for fifteen drives. (I have an old PC with 10 onboard SATA2)

Woah thats expensive.

I imported a 24 hostwap bay 4u case from the UK for R7400 which included the shipping, and the shipping was pretty much half of the price. server-warehouse.co.za seems expensive.

That said, rackmount fileservers for the win!