Opinions on top loading jbod arrays?

[kluchgts]

I haven't seen many people mention these. I've only found 2 comments of it. I want to use this for my home network. And just add drives more drives as I need.

1 said they love them
And the other said the temps of the 2nd row and back get too high for home use

Any other thoughts?

 

[jgreco]

If your home environment is consistently cool, such as if your equipment room has a separate minisplit keeping the temperature controlled, it probably wouldn't be terrible. However, even in a data center, I strongly agree that there is an argument against this due to the heat load placed on drives farther back, and that this is a generally undesirable configuration if it can be avoided. If you do it, please consider looking towards lower-powered 5400/5900 RPM drives as they will dissipate less heat, and be aware that some manufacturers have been lying about speeds.

 

[kluchgts]

if that is actually the case i will probably go with a 4u 24-bay then