Storage chassis for consumer hardware

[Marco2G]

Hi everyone

 

Does anyone know whether there's a chassis for 12 to 24 3.5 inch drives that takes consumer hardware (meaning ATX board and consumer power supply)?

 

I think I remember Linus having used something like that at one point but I am unsure.

 

I know Supermicro makes chassis for so many disks and the ATX standard isn't a problem but I wnt this to remain somewhat quiet so server PSUs are a real no-go...

 

Thanks for your input!

[Lurick]

I had something like this one here:

https://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?p=CA-846BE9B

and was able to mod the server PSU parts out and install a regular ATX power supply.

 

Aside from that the other main point of noise was the fans. If you can find something with 92mm or 120mm fans that would be ideal.

[LienusLateTips]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wwW9TW/lian-li-case-pcd8000 

20 bays

 

or something you can get

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/r298TW/rosewill-b2-spirit-atx-full-tower-case-b2-spirit

13 bays

[Tiwaz]

6 minutes ago, Marco2G said:

Hi everyone

 

Does anyone know whether there's a chassis for 12 to 24 3.5 inch drives that takes consumer hardware (meaning ATX board and consumer power supply)?

 

I think I remember Linus having used something like that at one point but I am unsure.

 

I know Supermicro makes chassis for so many disks and the ATX standard isn't a problem but I wnt this to remain somewhat quiet so server PSUs are a real no-go...

 

Thanks for your input!

cant really be quiet when you have 12 hard drives, but what mobo would you use that with?

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Tiwaz said:

cant really be quiet when you have 12 hard drives, but what mobo would you use that with?

yeah hard drives are loud

[Marco2G]

6 minutes ago, Tiwaz said:

cant really be quiet when you have 12 hard drives, but what mobo would you use that with?

Don't know yet. Only thing I know is that a Threadripper 1920X will be in it :).

And that's why I'm saying it needs to be somewhat quiet. It's in the attic next to the washing machine. I already have such a large chassis. Was a storage appliance before I replaced the custom Linux. Problem is cooling is really meant to be handled by really loud fans. I replaced them with quieter ones but whenever I push the dual Core2Quads to 100%, the temp sensor starts beeping like it's on fire :D.

 

It's possible I can mod this better but before I put in that work I just want to make sure that there isn't an affordable ready made solution.

 

Also to clarify, at the moment it only has 7 drives in it. This is meant to be future proof, that's why I want beyond 12 slots.

[Jurrunio]

3 minutes ago, Marco2G said:

Don't know yet. Only thing I know is that a Threadripper 1920X will be in it :).

And that's why I'm saying it needs to be somewhat quiet. It's in the attic next to the washing machine. I already have such a large chassis. Was a storage appliance before I replaced the custom Linux. Problem is cooling is really meant to be handled by really loud fans. I replaced them with quieter ones but whenever I push the dual Core2Quads to 100%, the temp sensor starts beeping like it's on fire :D.

 

It's possible I can mod this better but before I put in that work I just want to make sure that there isn't an affordable ready made solution.

 

Also to clarify, at the moment it only has 7 drives in it. This is meant to be future proof, that's why I want beyond 12 slots.

So you already have a case? what case is that?

[Marco2G]

10 minutes ago, JDE said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/wwW9TW/lian-li-case-pcd8000 

20 bays

 

or something you can get

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/r298TW/rosewill-b2-spirit-atx-full-tower-case-b2-spirit

13 bays

Dang, I remember the Lian-Li now and it does look interesting. At 400 € it actually seems rather affordable.

 

Thanks, this is indeed a candidate.

[Marco2G]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

So you already have a case? what case is that?

Overland REO 9000

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tech.proact.co.uk%2Fi%2Foverland_reo_9000.jpg&f=1

 

It came with four server power supplies that were trying to be louder than Man'o'War. Or a jackhammer, although I reckon they don't differ much on the decibels

[Gungpae]

Here's a chassis that support 24 drives and atx motherboard and looks like regular psu

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038

[Marco2G]

9 minutes ago, Gungpae said:

Here's a chassis that support 24 drives and atx motherboard and looks like regular psu

 

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038

Dude, thanks! That's exactly the case I had in mind and couldn't find anymore!

 

Only problem is that seems to be impossible to get in Europe... darn it ^^

[Stefan Payne]

2 hours ago, Marco2G said:

Does anyone know whether there's a chassis for 12 to 24 3.5 inch drives that takes consumer hardware (meaning ATX board and consumer power supply)?

If available:

Nanoxia Deep Silence 5 or 6. It can get 11, + has 3x5,25" bays

 

If not:
Cooler Master Storm Trooper. It has 9x5,25" you can use however you like. It comes with two 3x5,25" to 4x3,5" bays, but I don't see why you can not use an additional hot swap bay or something like that...

 

So you might want to get either a 3x5,25 to 4x3,5" Adaptor thingy or a hot swap bay...