I went throught all of the threads I could but just didn't see it. Maybe I missed it...
So my current setup is an
Antec 900 case
Icy Dock - 6x 2.5 hot swap
2x 8i hba cards (using onboard sata as well)
11x 500gb ssd - 7 in icy dock and 4 just floating around the case
3x 4tb 3.5"
3x 2tb 3.5"
2x 500gb 2.5"
1x 250gb 2.5"
ssd pool and sata pool
This case is jammed up... totally full... as I get drives, I add them... so it is totally unorganized. I just helped a mess of friends upgrade their kids (college, etc) laptops and desktops. amazing how 500gb ssd just don't hold much anymore!!!! had to go to 1tb for them and I got to keep their old 500s lol... and even those crappy sata 250 and 500....
anyway.. my question.. I'm getting a new case (bought it and waiting for it to ship from west coast to east coast)..
once it comes in, can I just shut down my machine, tear it all apart and just move everything in?
totally not paying attention to what drive is plugged into what card in what order?
so basically.. if I wanted... remove my drives, shuffle them around and put them all back in and it still work?
I have a freenas test machine... gonna ditch it... and move that hba and 11 ssds over too..
my goal is an ultimate 34 drive stablebit drive pool machine (it already is pretty ultimate but gonna be mega ultimate)...
what I'm liking about it is all the drive bays and expansions.. that can be done...
so if I do this right I'm thinking...
3x icy dock - 6x2.5" bays in external 5.25 (18 drives)
4x 2.5 drives in cable management area (saw this how they utilized that space to sneak 4 more drives!!!!)
2x 3 drive bay adapters - can buy 2 more if I can find them or DIY bay adapters ( found a home depot diy for $3...!!!!! will see )
would put me at the ability to stuff...
18 + 4 + 12 = 34 drives... WOOOT!!!! since 25 of that are SSD.. LOW POWER AND HEAT!!!!!!
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I went throught all of the threads I could but just didn't see it. Maybe I missed it...
So my current setup is an
Antec 900 case
Icy Dock - 6x 2.5 hot swap
2x 8i hba cards (using onboard sata as well)
11x 500gb ssd - 7 in icy dock and 4 just floating around the case
3x 4tb 3.5"
3x 2tb 3.5"
2x 500gb 2.5"
1x 250gb 2.5"
ssd pool and sata pool
This case is jammed up... totally full... as I get drives, I add them... so it is totally unorganized. I just helped a mess of friends upgrade their kids (college, etc) laptops and desktops. amazing how 500gb ssd just don't hold much anymore!!!! had to go to 1tb for them and I got to keep their old 500s lol... and even those crappy sata 250 and 500....
anyway.. my question.. I'm getting a new case (bought it and waiting for it to ship from west coast to east coast)..
once it comes in, can I just shut down my machine, tear it all apart and just move everything in?
totally not paying attention to what drive is plugged into what card in what order?
so basically.. if I wanted... remove my drives, shuffle them around and put them all back in and it still work?
I have a freenas test machine... gonna ditch it... and move that hba and 11 ssds over too..
my goal is an ultimate 34 drive stablebit drive pool machine (it already is pretty ultimate but gonna be mega ultimate)...
case I just bought... is
Corsair Obsidian Series 750D Airflow Edition Case
https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Obsidian-Series™-750D-Airflow-Edition-Full-Tower-ATX-Case/p/CC-9011078-WW
what I'm liking about it is all the drive bays and expansions.. that can be done...
so if I do this right I'm thinking...
3x icy dock - 6x2.5" bays in external 5.25 (18 drives)
4x 2.5 drives in cable management area (saw this how they utilized that space to sneak 4 more drives!!!!)
2x 3 drive bay adapters - can buy 2 more if I can find them or DIY bay adapters ( found a home depot diy for $3...!!!!! will see )
would put me at the ability to stuff...
18 + 4 + 12 = 34 drives... WOOOT!!!! since 25 of that are SSD.. LOW POWER AND HEAT!!!!!!
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