Recent content by DigitalFreak111

Extremely sorry for delayed update... (I just barely moved to new apt and never got a chance) Anyways, I finally ended up getting NORCO SS-500 Cage (which is great piece for ~$80 bucks). Connected it 'externally' to a Dual channel SATA card and MB directly via adapter plate. I have all my...

Thanks guys. Sorry for the delayed response, I'm midst of moving apts ... I have been researching about Mini SAS cages such as Sans Digital - all available reasonably priced ones are limted to 8TB and 10Gbps. I found DAT Optic sBOX-4e ($270) which has 4xeSATA with full bandwidth (24 Gbps)...

Thanks Arcanedeath. Wow looks like thats what I want, but thats too expensive and too big for me. I tried to look for 4 bay ones couldn't find any. I ran across some pretty good Aluminum, JBOD, 4-Bay SAS Enclosure such as Proavio EB400MS, Netstor NS750S...

Thanks Socio and EarthwormJim, (This is second time i'm posting - don't know where my posts are going!) Now I'm thinking of using Chenbro / iStar - 4 bay cage externally with an external power adapter and connect them to host PC via individual SATA cables (4 port eSATA to SATA plate...

Thanks Socio, Looking at these, now i'm thinking to use iStar 5 bay cage as external box with standalone power supply/adapter, and connect to host PC via 5 port SATA card. Do you see anything wrong with this setup?

Thanks for reply, Arcanedeath. I'm currently looking at these, like I said I need to familiarize myself with SAS, looks like I can manage both speed and capacity with these. Are there any "cool" looking models, may be with hot swap or Aluminum, other than Sans Digital. I some how hate their...

Thanks for your reply EarthwormJim. The 3 in 2 cages (hot swap) ones i saw all are too lengthy (KF-3002-BK, AMS DS-236TL), the thing is Z600 is already cramped and everything is a tight fit. Feels like I will not have space for good fan at the back of the cage. (The reason i feel this HP Z600...

I'm looking to add more HDD's (~5) to my HP Z600 workstation (got 2x5.25" and 2x3.25" but 6 SATA ports). I'm Considering following options: Option A: Add 3 in 2 Bay - This will give me only 3 more and loose DVD/RW - May have power and cooling issues (WS has only 650W). Option B: External 5...