Raid storage case

ryan20021982 · 2008-07-17, 18:21

Ok I want to make my own raid storage case and need a case to start with

The odds are I will end up using a htpc case and gutting it and making my own racks
Which is fine

There are a few that I have seen already made for this but there way to expensive and most
can only do 2 or 4 drives but I want to be able to expand more

I want one where the entire front is flat or has a big door

I found these cases to use

silverstone LC13
http://i34.tinypic.com/2zr189e.jpg

silverstone LC04
http://i33.tinypic.com/dq3hj9.jpg

Does anyone know of any other cases that are like these

Going to use this to connect up to 5 sata drive to then 1 esata cable to the pc and can always add another for 10 drives
http://www.cooldrives.com/cosapomubrso.html

then use this which supports port multipliers in the pc
http://www.cooldrives.com/2poespcrasai.html

In the end if I use one of these cases I could have this done for about $300 and with the option to add support
for another 5 drives for another $100

deebo · 2008-07-18, 00:27

Lian Li Industrial Co., Ltd.

ryan20021982 · 2008-07-18, 03:13

Very nice cases but the price of the case is the same as I would have in the entire thing using the case I posted

Thanks for the link those are very nice but out of my budget

finrudd341 · 2008-07-19, 16:00

Sounds like a good plan, and one I have been looking at too. These people seem to do everything SATA that you could want:

3.5 SATA Aluminum External Hard Drive Enclosure for MAC and PC

But for some serious expandable storage, have a look at this:

Storage Rack Overview from Addonics

It would need some work to make it silent I would imagine, but for scaleability, it's the one I am going for I think.

2008-07-17, 18:21	#1 (permalink)
ryan20021982 Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 24 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Raid storage case Ok I want to make my own raid storage case and need a case to start with The odds are I will end up using a htpc case and gutting it and making my own racks Which is fine There are a few that I have seen already made for this but there way to expensive and most can only do 2 or 4 drives but I want to be able to expand more I want one where the entire front is flat or has a big door I found these cases to use silverstone LC13 http://i34.tinypic.com/2zr189e.jpg silverstone LC04 http://i33.tinypic.com/dq3hj9.jpg Does anyone know of any other cases that are like these Going to use this to connect up to 5 sata drive to then 1 esata cable to the pc and can always add another for 10 drives http://www.cooldrives.com/cosapomubrso.html then use this which supports port multipliers in the pc http://www.cooldrives.com/2poespcrasai.html In the end if I use one of these cases I could have this done for about $300 and with the option to add support for another 5 drives for another $100 Last edited by ryan20021982; 2008-07-17 at 18:30.

2008-07-18, 00:27	#2 (permalink)
deebo Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 195 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Lian Li Industrial Co., Ltd. __________________ amd BE2350 / 2GB / 8500gt / terratec diversity / xp sp2

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2008-07-18, 03:13	#3 (permalink)
ryan20021982 Portal Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 24 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Very nice cases but the price of the case is the same as I would have in the entire thing using the case I posted Thanks for the link those are very nice but out of my budget

2008-07-19, 16:00	#4 (permalink)
finrudd341 Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 55 Thanks: 8 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	Sounds like a good plan, and one I have been looking at too. These people seem to do everything SATA that you could want: 3.5 SATA Aluminum External Hard Drive Enclosure for MAC and PC But for some serious expandable storage, have a look at this: Storage Rack Overview from Addonics It would need some work to make it silent I would imagine, but for scaleability, it's the one I am going for I think.