From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1661CC48BC2 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:14:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF45F608FE for ; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:14:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230021AbhFWURM (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:17:12 -0400 Received: from smtp.hosts.co.uk ([85.233.160.19]:53676 "EHLO smtp.hosts.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230001AbhFWURM (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:17:12 -0400 Received: from host86-157-72-169.range86-157.btcentralplus.com ([86.157.72.169] helo=[192.168.1.65]) by smtp.hosts.co.uk with esmtpa (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1lw9Gu-0004rZ-Fg; Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:14:53 +0100 Subject: Re: Question: RAID cabinet for home use To: John Stoffel , Bill Hudacek Cc: mdraid References: <03ca5974-60ed-d596-7eff-cac44f4a6d62@gmail.com> <24787.28117.662584.586506@quad.stoffel.home> From: antlists Message-ID: <1986d43d-11e9-fbf0-7812-0aafc6568855@youngman.org.uk> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:14:54 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <24787.28117.662584.586506@quad.stoffel.home> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org On 23/06/2021 18:22, John Stoffel wrote: > If you have space inside your main computer, then I would look into an > LSI Logic MTP Fusion SATA/SAS controller with 8 ports. Then you can > use some of the "IcyDock" expansion bays inside which turns two or > three 5.25" bays into 4-5 3.5" bays. If that's the route you're looking at, I'm trying to source a Cooler Master N300 case, which takes EIGHT 3.5" drives. Most of them are internal so hotswap is out of the question, though. Dunno what's happened with the cases - have they dropped the line? Or has CoVid just exhausted current supplies? Cheers, Wol