[Tfug] Small NAS homebrew cases?

[johngalt1]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Choprboy" <choprboy at dakotacom.net>
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Small NAS homebrew cases?


> On Wednesday 23 June 2010 12:04, John Hubbard wrote:
>> On 06/22/2010 06:12 PM, Choprboy wrote:
>> > On Tuesday 22 June 2010 16:00, John Hubbard wrote:
>> >> On 06/22/2010 02:57 PM, Choprboy wrote:
>> >>> Has anyone run across a mini ITX case with 4 hot-swap 
>> >>> bays and a built
>> >>> in power supply, suitable for building a small NAS 
>> >>> server? I have been
>> >>> looking around and can find lots of small 4 bay NASes 
>> >>> with built in
>> >>> power supplies, but they have Windows Server OS and 
>> >>> dont have
>> >>> monitor/keyboard/etc. ports. I can also find a small 
>> >>> ITX cases, but
>> >>> they either don;t have hotswap bays or they have 
>> >>> external power
>> >>> supplies. Has anyone found a hotswap case with power 
>> >>> supply?
>> >>
>> >> Take a look at the Chenbro ES34069.  4 3.5" hot swap 
>> >> bays, for a Mini
>> >> ITX board.  I came across it a LogicSupply.com.  I 
>> >> don't own the board
>> >> and haven't ordered anything from LogicSupply but they 
>> >> have lots Mini
>> >> ITX and smaller parts.
>> >
>> > Yes, I have seen that case, it is *almost* perfect.... 
>> > but it has a big
>> > external power brick to sit on the floor. I was looking 
>> > for something
>> > with a built-in power supply.
>>
>> Looking at Chenbro's website it looks like they also make 
>> an ES34169
>> that has an internal power supply. It is only 120 watts 
>> and can't tell
>> whether or not it is a standard form factor. Otherwise 
>> the case looks a
>> lot like the ES34069, same front bezel, same dimensions, 
>> ...
>
> Well now.... That looks perfect. Looks the same as the 
> ES34069 (which comes
> with a 120W or 180W external power supply) but has an 
> internal power supply.
> Where has this been the last month Ive been looking off 
> and on? Checking
> Newegg, they now have it there as well. No reviews so it 
> looks like it was
> recently added.


Mini ITX that's the one that's sort of confusing because 
it's smaller than Micro ATX

Adrian, Would you mind listing what motherboard(s) you are 
considering?

TIA