Server max depth 18"

RedMasterOnion · January 26, 2021

I'm looking for a rack mount server with a max depth of 18 inches. I see the R220, R210, R210 II but as far as I can tell they only support 2 drives. Any other options? Ideally I'd like to stay around the $150/200 price point but open to options.

manikyath · January 26, 2021

the short servers are sort of rare in terms of available models, and by the budget i'm presuming you're buying used.. which.. i've never seen one in use, or available second hand.

there's plenty of 'half depth' NASes that do 4 drives.. but to find a server, and to find one cheap.. the thing is that the abundance of availability is sort of what makes second hand servers cheap.

mind expanding a bit on the use case? chances are there's alternatives to figure out. the first thing that comes to mind is dig up some relatively cheap 2U chassis, and slap the components of some HP or dell SFF box in there. that is if you're not actually married to server hardware, ofcourse.

RedMasterOnion · January 26, 2021

13 hours ago, manikyath said:

the short servers are sort of rare in terms of available models, and by the budget i'm presuming you're buying used.. which.. i've never seen one in use, or available second hand.

there's plenty of 'half depth' NASes that do 4 drives.. but to find a server, and to find one cheap.. the thing is that the abundance of availability is sort of what makes second hand servers cheap.

mind expanding a bit on the use case? chances are there's alternatives to figure out. the first thing that comes to mind is dig up some relatively cheap 2U chassis, and slap the components of some HP or dell SFF box in there. that is if you're not actually married to server hardware, ofcourse.

Yup, correct. A R210 II would fit the bill but as far as I can tell, it only takes 2 drives instead of the 4 I need. I'm not married to server hardware per say but since I won't have physical access a lot of the time, I sort of would like ipmi, etc. Although I could go for a sff, etc of some sort. Mostly looking for support for "4x2.5" or "2x2.5 and 2x3.5" drives(ideal). It's going to be supporting multiple 1080p/4k cameras.