Big case

[cpjitservices]

Hi,

 

Ive finally acquired the massive case I was trying to find.

 

Here is the big lad....

 

 

Now to find an icydock/startech dock or two to go in it.

[XiJ]

I remember the full size tower case I had.

It had wheels too! Now I want the smallest most power efficient system possible (that can transcode to h264 in an instant!)

 

 

When I used to work for the LA we in about 2000 we found a bunch of full height hard drives (5.25"). We put them all in a huge tower and powered up. I'm sure the lights dimmed around Rotherham. The whole room vibrated too.

Edited October 25, 2015 by XiJ

[cpjitservices]

I remember the full size tower case

I had - I'm wheel too. Now I want the smallest most power efficient system possible (that can transcode to h264 in an instant!)

 

 

When I used to work for the LA we in about 2000 we found a bunch of full height hard drives (5.25"). We put them all in a huge tower and powered up. I'm sure the lights dimmed around Rotherham. The whole room vibrated too.

 

Nice. this is an ATX case and is going to be made into a storage / backup server.

 

Old case but brilliantly built, very solid. Loads of room. It is literally going to be a backup server.

 

 

Just need to pickup some sort of backplane such as Icydock. When Ive integrated it into my server room ill take some more photos of him up & running.

[XiJ]

Nice. this is an ATX case and is going to be made into a storage / backup server.

 

Old case but brilliantly built, very solid. Loads of room. It is literally going to be a backup server.

 

 

Just need to pickup some sort of backplane such as Icydock. When Ive integrated it into my server room ill take some more photos of him up & running.

 

Cool. You going to RAID? Or something else planned ?

[cpjitservices]

Hopefully, will need a new raid card maybe 4 or 8 port. Got loads of disks... 1TB etc. I was planning on getting an Icydock and mirroring 4 1TB disks. But leave room for expansion.

[cpjitservices]

The case used to have 2 icydocks in on an 4 port raid card, Ive acquired case as everything has been moved to a new system but the icy's have also been added to the new system hence the spaces in the front.

 

Ive got a startech dock but it seems to of stopped reading disks... need to go on ebay and look for a RAID card

[rich_tech]

I still have my Chieftec Full Tower case at my grandfather's, can't bear to get rid of it yet (was first PC I built from scratch)

[cpjitservices]

I still have my Chieftec Full Tower case at my grandfather's, can't bear to get rid of it yet (was first PC I built from scratch)

 

Know what you mean, No idea who made this one but its huge, and solid - i struggle to lift it when its empty let alone full of disks and a motherboard.

 

Very attached to it, will have it for a long time i reckon.

[cpjitservices]

When he's settled in I'll post some more photos.

[cpjitservices]

Well, got him loaded up at the weekend. Removed Floppy drive and put in a white card reader instead - mainly for front USB. No Hard drives in as yet apart from the SSD with the OS.

[XiJ]

You removed the floppy? Won't you need that? [emoji2]

 

What OS are you running?

[cpjitservices]

LOL NO! dont need no floppy.

 

Windows Server 2012.

[XiJ]

Didn't know if you'd run some sort of Linux if it was pure storage. I keep thinking about trying the synology free / open source / whatever it is OS.

[cpjitservices]

Thought about it but need to replicate my Hyper-V estate so big lad will be running 2012 with Hyper-V.

 

Hence want to fill it full of disks to replicate my VM's. My other server is a FileServer but has ended up doing just about everything - Hyper-V - FTP, etc. Want to remove some of the roles and leave it just as a Fileserver.

 

I've got my SATA Startech Backplane installed... Have initiated a Remote Desktop and noticed the 1TB disk I put in is offline. Backplane off in't bin lol.

[3s-gtech]

2012 or 2012 R2? Hyper-V improved with R2 https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/dn282278.aspx

[cpjitservices]

2012 R2

[Arthur]

Here is the big lad....

For his size he doesn't have many 5.25" drive bays.

 

I would have chosen a case like the Antec Twelve Hundred v3.0 since it has room for four drive cages which hold 5 drives each. With 8TB HDDs that would give you a server with 160TB of raw disk space.

 

http://vgy.me/4Er8cD.jpg

[cpjitservices]

I like the docks that you have @Arthur. Where did u get those form ? got any spare - my startech one has failed or is failing...

 

I may not have as many drive bays but I have Dual PSU

Edited October 26, 2015 by cpjitservices

[Arthur]

I like the docks that you have. Where did u get those form?

Not my case unfortunately, but those drive cages are Norco SS-500 v2s. Newegg sell them (and ship to the UK)

Edited October 26, 2015 by Arthur

[cpjitservices]

Nice. Cheers.

 

Might take a look... Although with the shipping charge it makes them roughly the same price as an Icy.

 

 

I have a cheap n cheerful Startech one. Have had it a while and its starting to die so need to sort summit quick!

Edited October 26, 2015 by cpjitservices

[Chris_]

Looks like OverClockers UK are selling one the same as that Norco one, pre-order only though https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk-professional-5-x-3.5-sata-hot-swap-into-3-x-5.25-drive-bays-oc-h500-sa-010-op.html

[caffrey]

xcase.co.uk do a good selection of hot swap stuff / drive cages