I’m trying to plot out a home server build, and I’d like to do it in a rackmount form factor. Use case will likely be Proxmox running a NAS VM and some media services. For the NAS piece, I was thinking an enclosure with hot swap bays would be nice. Anyone have recommendations on the case/enclosure itself? I’ve seen this Rosewill one on Newegg (https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rsv-l4412u-black/p/N82E16811147330), but struggling to find many other options.

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      1 year ago

      That’s interesting. I had thought of doing TrueNAS Scale as a VM running in Proxmox, but you’re suggesting have TrueNAS itself be the bare-metal hypervisor? What do you find annoying about Proxmox?

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    I have two of those cases. They’re fine, able to fit a wide variety of hardware. The hot swap bays need 4 pin molex connectors (3 bays, each bay needs 2 connectors, for a total of 6 connectos), which is kinda a pain. They don’t really have good rails, but it’s workable. The connector and rails issues are fairly easily solvable issues.

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    I’ve got the 8-bay version of that case. Fans are surprisingly quiet, but the front grill/filter noticeably reduces airflow. Probably not an issue unless you’ve got GPUs installed. It’s not as convenient to work with as some of the true server cases, eg Supermicro, but it’s fine for a home rack.

    Options without the lockable front grill will be cheaper. Sometimes it’s cheaper to put a hot-swap adapter in fixed mounting than use factory hot swap. Short-depth cases, if you’re not running a full-sized mobo or GPU, also cheaper. But rack mounting always comes at a premium, whether you’re choosing it for aesthetics or density.

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      How are you liking that setup? I was looking at that pairing the other day (it’s about time for my 7600K to retire and live out it’s life in a nice server upstate), but I wasn’t sure if icydock cages were worth the extra cost over the Silverstone ones (plus I wasn’t sure if my atx mobo would have enough space).