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i did that, and really wish i bought something , mostly because i have like 4 hhds just lying in the bottom of the case
by mcfedr 2mo ago
i did that, and really wish i bought something , mostly because i have like 4 hhds just lying in the bottom of the case
- zeafoamrun 2mo agoMy old case was a big workstation one with 10 drive bays already. Definitely preferable to having them loose
- permalac 2mo agoI bought a plastic tower for disks which let's me have 10 disks with some space between them. I then bought some Artic fans and attached them with tape to the 'tower'. Then I used a 11 years old optiplex 990 as Debian zfs connected to 8 of the disks, and I have 2 spares which I'll be able to use when the others die. Performance is great. I could do it because I was given those disks for free, with plenty of ours on each of them.
- mindslight 2mo agoSeveral hardware generations back, my old 4x160GB raid5 had two drives on the bottom of the case, held on by screws going through holes I drilled in the outer wall of the case. These days I managed to snag a deal on a Supermicro 846. I'm still settling into it, the main thing that concerns me is being able to suck enough air through the drive bays without making a lot of noise. My previous incarnation used some iStar toolless drive bays. I've learned to appreciate hot-swap bays, mainly for only having to do the cabling once.