Rackmount >= 16x 3,5" hotswap enclosure help needed

[W van Elten]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a enclosure for our, soon to be, FreeNAS system.
What needs to fit:
Supermicro X10SDV-4c-7TP4F-O
8x WD RED 3TB, to be expanded with another 8x drive when needed
Crucial MX300 2,5" SSD

Demands:
19" Rackmount with rail
16x 3,5" hotswap minimal

What I've found so far:
Inter-Tech IPC 4U-4424 á € 530,- (No PSU, so a Corsair RM850x is added á € 140,-)
Supermicro 836BA-R920B á €1000,- (redundant 920W PSU)
Supermicro 836BE16-R920B á €1110,- (same as above except the 6GB/s SAS2 expander? whats the difference?)

What enclosure to choose? or should I look for another enclosure than listed above, if so, which and why?

 

[depasseg]

Look at the Dell C220 that @Mirfster loves. I think someone just had a whole system shipped to Europe for less than those Enclosure prices.

 

[danb35]

The C2100 won't fit 16 bays. @W van Elten, you mean ">= 16", not "<= 16".

On the Supermicro stuff especially, check out https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...-sas-sy-a-primer-on-basic-sas-and-sata.26145/ for some background. In short, the A backplane is passive, and simply has one mini-SAS port for each four drives. Your motherboard already has an adequate controller for this, but will probably need reverse breakout cables, four of them to use all 16 disks you're intending to use. The E16 backplane has a SAS expander, meaning you'd only need a single reverse breakout cable to serve all the bays on the backplane.

I'd probably suggest one of the 846 chassis rather than the 836, as the 846s seem to be more widely-available used. And you can save a lot of money buying a used chassis, even if it is a pain to ship.

 

[depasseg]

The C2100 won't fit 16 bays. @W van Elten, you mean ">= 16", not "<= 16".

Good catch. Thank you!

 

[W van Elten]

The C2100 won't fit 16 bays. @W van Elten, you mean ">= 16", not "<= 16".

That was what I meant.
Changed the title ;)

 

[Noctris]

Take a look in my sig. I bought multiple cases from logic cases / xcase.

Granted, it's no supermicro. But if you are on a budget, they good enough.

I got the 16 bay for a work server and at home am running the 24 bay with a supermicro X9SCM-F

https://www.xcase.co.uk/collections...h-16-hotswap-drives-e-atx?variant=17233372933

Shipping i rather cheap too from the UK to Belgium so seeing you are from the Netherlands, it shouldn't make that much of a difference. Also check ri-vier.eu . Dutch company with these sort of enclosures too.