Time for a real storage server, any thoughts?

[SweatyWhiteJedi]

So I just added the last hard drive that my case can hold and I am looking to expand to a much larger amount of disk storage.

 

I was looking at the 12 bay Rosewill server chassis however it looks like it is sold out everywhere. 

 

So I'm of the mindset that if I can get a 12 hot swap chassis for about $100 then if I'm spending 3 times the amount I better be getting something I'll never have to worry about again. 

Any thoughts on some other options? I run a full sized ATX board for my server along with a full sized gpu for encoding so I can't use any mATX or ITX cases.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/4U-Supermicro-45-Bay-SAS2-JBOD-Storage-SC847E16-RJBOD-Expander-W-Rail-Kit/143569211512?_trkparms=aid%3D555021%26algo%3DPL.SIMRVI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225073%26meid%3D498c352e03c4406c86d0538729914e48%26pid%3D100752%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D16%26mehot%3Dco%26sd%3D133261932182%26itm%3D143569211512%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplRVIAMLv5WebWithPLRVIOnTopCombiner&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982

[Thanatopsis]

That case is not a server case its just a drive array so you could not put a mobo or other components in unless you are goung to mod it.  Secondly it only has one SAS backplane so it has half capacity.

[RayLeech]

I've taken to attaching DAS units to my machines that don't have enough drive bays. I've used the TowerRAID boxes (example), but there are others.