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Can anyone recommend a case that can hold 8-10 hard drives?

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Arkitech

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I'm in the market for a case that can hold about 8-10 hard drives and at least one optical drive. I plan on using it for a massive media server, 1 drive will be dedicated to music, another for movies, another for TV shows, etc..

How much power does each drive need (wattage)? I'm not sure which power supply to go with. And since that many drives will generate heat I guess the case will need multiple fans.

THanks for any advice.
 
Cooler Master Stacker STC-T01

Each drive consumes ~0.5A (12V) when seeking, so allocate around 5-6A for the hard drives.
 
I built a comp with 9 HD's and used this case, and have never looked back, it is freakin fabulous:

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/...roduct_info&cPath=204&products_id=4412

Pic of inside: http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/images/products/PC-201B_03.jpg

It has a seperate air flow system for the 12 Hd slots and the power supply than the main chamber with the mobo/procs/PCI cards. Both my Opteron 280's idle between 35-40 in it usign their stock coolers (which are a lil junky IMO, old 2 Heatpipe coolers) .

The only warning I have was that I used the PCP&C 1000W which is excessively long and required me removing the middle bracket and fan (but I made up for the airflow by putting fans in the 2 rear slots below the power supply.
 
don't forget to get staggered spin up on your controller card then. I'm in the process of building a plexiglass case for 8 HDDs. I'll send pics later.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
Why is staggered spinup a necessity?
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To reduce the electrical load of the PSU when all the hard drives spin up. Without it, you have all the hard drives spinning up at once, producing a maximum load on the PSU. With staggered spinup, it spins up a specified number at a time, reducing the load on the PSU.

I've thoroughly enjoyed my Enermax FS2300BB. 23 5.25" drive bays. They have smaller versions as well.
 
Yes, but there's practically no load from the video card and CPU (I think). If anything, I would say it's a light load.
 
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