Home server (DIY NAS) build

SickBoy

Anyone know where I could get my hands on a Lian-Li PC-Q26 or something equivalent?
10 drive bays sounds like massive overkill but I plan to use smaller (faster rebuild in the event of failure) drives in RAID6, something like 8-10 x 2TB drives.
I already have HDDs, PSU, CPU and RAM, just need motherboard and a nice small tidy place to house them like that Lian-Li.

Thanks in advance.

Lu Tze

SickBoy wrote: »

Anyone know where I could get my hands on a Lian-Li PC-Q26 or something equivalent?
10 drive bays sounds like massive overkill but I plan to use smaller (faster rebuild in the event of failure) drives in RAID6, something like 8-10 x 2TB drives.
I already have HDDs, PSU, CPU and RAM, just need motherboard and a nice small tidy place to house them like that Lian-Li.

Thanks in advance.

Mindfactory and caseking have them.

The fractal design node 804 is a relatively small case (matx) which can take 10 x 3.5" drives.

SickBoy

Lu Tze wrote: »

Mindfactory and caseking have them.

The fractal design node 804 is a relatively small case (matx) which can take 10 x 3.5" drives.

I thought the node 804 had only had two 4 drive cages?

Cuddlesworth

SickBoy wrote: »

I thought the node 804 had only had two 4 drive cages?

cube case, can take 8 + 2 +2*2.5 inch drives.

Micro ATX and Mini ITX motherboard compatibility
8 - 3.5″ HDD positions
2 - 2.5″ dedicated SSD unit positions
2 - Extra positions for either 3,5″ or 2,5″ drives

SickBoy

Thanks for the replies so far.
As neat as the cube style cases are they look like a pain in the hole to cable and access should a drive failure occur.
The simplicity of the micro tower style so far is what I would rather pursue.

ED E

Silverstone RV03 also has 10 bays, but doesnt look as subtle.

DS380 has 8 and is really compact with drive sleds and a backplane which is a pretty cool selling point against the Q26 if you can get away with 8.