Mini ITX raid enclosure

Posted by: andym

Mini ITX raid enclosure - 03/04/2007 19:25

Has anyone come across a case that will allow me stick 4 or 5 drives in plus a MiniITX board?

I'm thinking something like this:



But that picture is only a USB/Firewire enclosure. I'm looking for something completely integrated.

Ideas anyone?
Posted by: wfaulk

Re: Mini ITX raid enclosure - 03/04/2007 20:09

I've seen a few rackmount cases that will do this, if that works for you.
Posted by: sein

Re: Mini ITX raid enclosure - 03/04/2007 20:22

The Morex Venus 669 can apparantly "support up to 4 x 3.5in drives or 2x 5.25in optical drives, but not at the same time". Sounds like it may do the job, but it is rather small and I'd expect it to be tight and hot.

On a slight tangent, the Buffalo Terastation is a fair priced NAS device which comes with 4 disks. It runs Linux and can easily be hacked to run some stuff on the side. There is a Wiki. Not sure how well it would work for whatever you're doing though.
Posted by: Mach

Re: Mini ITX raid enclosure - 03/04/2007 20:54

If you'd like to roll your own, there's this:



Posted by: drakino

Re: Mini ITX raid enclosure - 03/04/2007 22:36

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On a slight tangent, the Buffalo Terastation is a fair priced NAS device which comes with 4 disks. It runs Linux and can easily be hacked to run some stuff on the side. There is a Wiki. Not sure how well it would work for whatever you're doing though.


I've been eyeing one of these to replace my old dual P3 700 server with various old disks in it. The Frys near me has the 1TB units in stock currently on sale, but the 2TB one is sold out.
Posted by: sein

Re: Mini ITX raid enclosure - 04/04/2007 07:07

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If you'd like to roll your own, there's this:
[Mashie Project Udat]

Very neat!
Posted by: andym

Re: Mini ITX raid enclosure - 04/04/2007 21:44

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If you'd like to roll your own, there's this:
[Mashie Project Udat]

Very neat!


Yeah it looks cool, but I was hoping to leave the hacksaw in the toolbox. Oh well, I'll keep looking.
Posted by: bbowman

Re: Mini ITX raid enclosure - 05/04/2007 14:32

I'm not sure if this will do, but I've got a similar setup and it's been running for a couple of years now.

http://www.servercase.com/miva/miva?/Mer...egory_Code=SATA

There are similar types with a different number of drive bays, but it seems to work well for me. Mine has a built-in fan and seprate LED leads for each drive.


Ooops, I didn't realize the Mashie is a far superoir reference.