MindBender
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It's been over 5 years ago since I have built my FreeNAS, and is has stood the test of time very well. The 4 Seagate Constellation ES.2 Enterprise Grade 3TB drives have all broken down, but fortunately one at a time, so it has been running relatively worry-free. The main array is currently on 5 WD Gold 8TB drives.
The case I had ordered for it is a U-NAS NSC-800, and I have never been happy with it. The drive trays are flimsy and sometimes I can hear something resonate inside the drive cages. Not good. What I really liked about my ReadyNAS were the sturdy drive trays.
I've been trying to get my hands on Ablecom CS-T80 8-bay NAS Chassis, basically the same case as the IXSystems FreeNAS Mini XL, for years, but I was never able to find a supplier willing to sell me less than 32 pieces. The regular IXSystems FreeNAS Mini has just one drive slot too few for my needs.
The new TrueNAS X(+) case seems to tick all the boxes: Mini ITX, 5 3.5" bays; It could even make my 2.5" boot SSD externally available, and still have one left for a cold stand-by drive. Questions is: Where do I get such a case?
Purchasing a TrueNAS X would be an expensive option, yet still a step down: The reason why my 5 year old NAS stood the test of time so well, is because it is based one a SuperMicro X10SDV-TLN4F mainboard (8-core Xeon D-1541), with 128GiB of RAM...
The case I had ordered for it is a U-NAS NSC-800, and I have never been happy with it. The drive trays are flimsy and sometimes I can hear something resonate inside the drive cages. Not good. What I really liked about my ReadyNAS were the sturdy drive trays.
I've been trying to get my hands on Ablecom CS-T80 8-bay NAS Chassis, basically the same case as the IXSystems FreeNAS Mini XL, for years, but I was never able to find a supplier willing to sell me less than 32 pieces. The regular IXSystems FreeNAS Mini has just one drive slot too few for my needs.
The new TrueNAS X(+) case seems to tick all the boxes: Mini ITX, 5 3.5" bays; It could even make my 2.5" boot SSD externally available, and still have one left for a cold stand-by drive. Questions is: Where do I get such a case?
Purchasing a TrueNAS X would be an expensive option, yet still a step down: The reason why my 5 year old NAS stood the test of time so well, is because it is based one a SuperMicro X10SDV-TLN4F mainboard (8-core Xeon D-1541), with 128GiB of RAM...