• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

Smallest case that fits 8x 3.5" drives

J

JAG87

Diamond Member
Can anybody point me to the smallest case, tower or rackmount (as long as there is no bare metal showing) that can fit 8x 3.5" drives? My file server motherboard is Flex ATX, so even smaller than mATX. I just want the smallest foot print possible.

I've been googling this to death and I can't really find anything smaller than a regular mATX case, but I still have to put 5.25" adapters to get 8 HDDs in there.

Thanks for any help
 
Why 8? An even # of hdd's is bad luck. Is 7 enough? 21TB should be if you go with a fist full of 3TB Barracuda's. My favorite box is the PC-Q25

[UPDATE] Now $90 for silver with promocode EMCJNHE47
 
Last edited:
The thing is I have 2TB drives, and I'm in no mood to migrate the data to 3TB drives.

Thanks for the suggestion, that is a superb box. Actually the smallest I've seen so far that can fit 7 HDD. I have to investigate if I can fit a FlexATX board in there. I may have to either switch 3 of the 2TB to 2x3TB, or trim some fat and get rid of a drive.

Anybody else know of anything comparable that fits 8 drives?
 
Thanks for all the help guys, I'll keep the case suggestions in mind.

I'm looking into perhaps ditching the server and moving to a couple of WD My Book Live, since basically all the server does is file sharing. That should reduce the foot print by a lot and also power consumption a little bit.
 
JAG87 said:
The thing is I have 2TB drives, and I'm in no mood to migrate the data to 3TB drives.

Thanks for the suggestion, that is a superb box. Actually the smallest I've seen so far that can fit 7 HDD. I have to investigate if I can fit a FlexATX board in there. I may have to either switch 3 of the 2TB to 2x3TB, or trim some fat and get rid of a drive.

Anybody else know of anything comparable that fits 8 drives?
Click to expand...

It holds 8 or 9 easily, 10 if you want to really have things tight and the wiring gets messy. The 2 bottom mount 3.5"s can have a 3.5" drive stacked on top, getting you 9.

Bracket like this will let you stack 2 3.5" drives, just take off the black rubber mounts for the 5.25" and you can fit 2 side by side in the bottom.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MM52T35/
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top