From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3430C2B9F4 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:09:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCE1B611CA for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:09:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229812AbhFYWL6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:11:58 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46902 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229531AbhFYWL5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:11:57 -0400 Received: from mail-oi1-x229.google.com (mail-oi1-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::229]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8BD67C061574 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-oi1-x229.google.com with SMTP id w127so12977591oig.12 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:09:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=ras0nJa1GpjekdzrqgqRtjaGMO8+G2JnJOEUaeB32rw=; b=AZQz9e3bC8H/TyQ7RcpstMWF2DDMgDlhrM58w4KDXLSGDuS/koK0OxbaAHd2DRLC2S iQU0mT7VHXArUKqKeSSGMOngDuAzvJEVY9tjB5pAf4bdEEu13fcunMjuAsyckrTN/ELl Q84byYUsy0QLP+HV0inilnupKbyq6e1zpUUjhZxnsvi9LqKgsnck0qvRjRwmfhBtwn6f UXpk6Q963YU2wyhPm/q+MFgswfNzIYTkRRR8tdLZ4Vl0XQK2mZ8QIlC8PX9FsZmJpBje FOoHNuBWoDMUlFTm+8HEpqbSy+Eq/skKMSQcnPU+jbQ1VhVRv1UWjXJULZ8VB+c/qppm ZFHw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=ras0nJa1GpjekdzrqgqRtjaGMO8+G2JnJOEUaeB32rw=; b=ZqHI1yrTE0+ig2WyZDdum4qCt08V2pwyojytrFj4wXENX+PU7VQSmD2MZNilPRQcQ5 NotwUGSW5h6r1Zaqljyrqb11DP1YwaXr02yR8+AGkNpEAB+dh1sH+M0psAQPAwnAb5Ej L3btDuq4taRylWMi9wPF6s4AmKrOXTTjKVrvuM8uq+bE27pzM609JZB/VuHIzMgxZgty dNDtkT7HCx5ws7goKl985UcjRgVHkAfbH418TZ6UvhVDzBCK1hMWI70LG0SXo3MvmhEv rIrPbjNpR1ISeA8Q8hUoURzy5jyqLdtuOeE37fSQL1941QBik+93ivgyOv+akXHHlnQl BGow== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533LYWwLdHIesChGd1AIZwvwPV7TcuQG/2461OB6JKntXB1Kdrz0 5A72ihQgKJXTfsqSOJ6oTjG/3GFui0DBOw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwVZV1NzHJxj3U8nEcwmkF2KDOgE3oM9CRb3oTH690DzsPkS6/p1RyKWmV8V2boQXlYyXNMRQ== X-Received: by 2002:aca:4141:: with SMTP id o62mr12994388oia.42.1624658974838; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:09:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.3.32] ([47.189.16.5]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id o20sm1539301ook.40.2021.06.25.15.09.34 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:09:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Question: RAID cabinet for home use To: Mark Wagner , John Stoffel Cc: Roger Heflin , antlists , Bill Hudacek , mdraid References: <03ca5974-60ed-d596-7eff-cac44f4a6d62@gmail.com> <24787.28117.662584.586506@quad.stoffel.home> <1986d43d-11e9-fbf0-7812-0aafc6568855@youngman.org.uk> <24788.46596.805675.840409@quad.stoffel.home> From: Ram Ramesh Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 17:09:33 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org On 6/25/21 3:04 PM, Mark Wagner wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 9:43 AM John Stoffel wrote: >>>>>>> "Roger" == Roger Heflin 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