Re: Question: RAID cabinet for home use

[Ram Ramesh <rramesh2400@gmail.com>]

On 6/25/21 3:04 PM, Mark Wagner wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 9:43 AM John Stoffel <john@stoffel.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> "Roger" == Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@gmail.com> writes:
>> Roger> resending without html.  Lovely that you seem to have to disable html
>> Roger> on each reply.
>>
>> Roger>  I found an $80 rackmount case that has 2 sets of 3x5.25" bays and
>> Roger> would take 2 of the  4 into 3 3.5" hot swap bays (icy dock or athena
>> Roger> like devices).
>> Roger> https://www.newegg.com/black-istarusa-d-416/p/N82E16811165215
>>
>> This looks like an interesting case, lots and lots of drive bays...
>>
>> https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rsv-l4500u-black/p/N82E16811147328?quicklink=true
>>
>> and it looks like it even has USB3 on the front.
> Looks like a USB3 update of the case I'm using.  It's basically a
> 9x5.25"-bay case with three 3x5.25" -> 5x3.5" adapters.  The adapters
> it comes with aren't hotswap capable, but it's easy to pull them out
> and replace them with ones that are.
>
Can we make it a desktop case? I mean, remove the dog ear extension for 
rack mounting?
BTW, there is also a hot swap bay version, but only has 12 bays.

https://www.newegg.com/rosewill-rsv-l4412u-black/p/11-147-330

Ramesh

Ramesh