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Conversion - Antonia Tyz Peeples

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This little box can hold FOUR disks and has a SAS backplane (though you'll have to get a SAS HBA).

May I recommend such thrilling technical innovations as "thrifted PC from [local classifieds platform]" for a case and "#6-32 UNC screw set from [insert online retailer here]" for a source of screws

Here's an image I took, shortly after I first assembled it:

Please do ignore the fucked up plushie in the background.

As you can see, there is not a lot of space there. Fitting my HBA card was already difficult, especially with the cooling considerations for parts designed for blade servers, and the maximum so far was one large HDD just stuffed in the bottom somewhere. The solution as of now is to take out the modular panel in the back and just run the cables out, sneakily placing the drives behind the case.

Also if you're already designing cases, why not add some LED panels?

The Thinking Machines CM-2 yearns for a recreation

This little box can hold FOUR disks and has a SAS backplane (though you'll have to get a SAS HBA).

May I recommend such thrilling technical innovations as "thrifted PC from [local classifieds platform]" for a case and "#6-32 UNC screw set from [insert online retailer here]" for a source of screws

Here's an image I took, shortly after I first assembled it:

Please do ignore the fucked up plushie in the background.

As you can see, there is not a lot of space there. Fitting my HBA card was already difficult, especially with the cooling considerations for parts designed for blade servers, and the maximum so far was one large HDD just stuffed in the bottom somewhere. The solution as of now is to take out the modular panel in the back and just run the cables out, sneakily placing the drives behind the case.

This little box can hold FOUR disks and has a SAS backplane (though you'll have to get a SAS HBA).