Better Cages for IDE Drives? 8
Bamfarooni asks: "No one uses 5.25" drives any more, but cases still come with a bazillion 5.25" bays. When you're trying to cram a couple of terabytes into a desktop server, cages like
this and this let you reclaim some of that space. Unfortunately, all the really high density cages, like this one only come with SCA backplanes. Has anyone discovered a similar "5 drives in 3 bays" cage for IDE drives? Suppose there is a missed market opportunity here?"
Did you read your own links? (Score:4, Funny)
Did you read the question? (Score:1)
Re:Did you read the question? (Score:1)
Re: 3ware drive cage (Score:1)
I have 2 of these cages in my MP3 server. This server has 6 x 40GB IDE drives in a RAID 5 configuration running from a 3ware 7810 card. It serves 50 users without any problems.
Do any of these work well with rails? (Score:1, Interesting)
Come on! (Score:5, Funny)
Grab your dremel (may or may not be needed), pop the case open, and cut away any intervening bay metal on the three extra bays. Slot the drives in vertically to get your five-in-three, possibly a lot more if you use laptop drives. You could even machine a couple of pieces of metal to slide in horizontally, add a couple of extra fans up front for cooling.
You don't need to buy anything really to do this - you might even get away with an old bay cage from another case, mounted vertically in the same way.
You didn't specify if you wanted such a thing for work machines or home system, so I am figuring on a home box here - I know this kind of hack wouldn't fly with the suits. But it is easily done on the home front.
PC Power & Cooling (Score:2)
Can-o-RAID (Score:1)