Any cheap 3U or 4U 16-bay hotswap rackmounts?

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I've been looking at the Norco 20-bay 4U rackmount and its price is very appealing, however, it's a bit too much excess for my 31605 that has 16 ports. I was wondering if there was a rackmount that was similar in price. Any that I've seen that seemed simple enough for me end up costing thousands of dollars, which is a bit over what I can afford, unfortunately. ;)

Any pointers in the right direction?

What I'd like in this hypothetical design:
3U or 4U (though 3U is preferable)
A 17th bay for my OS disk
Add-on slimline or normal DVD drives and floppy drive addable.
Hot-swap capability (of course! :D)
Relatively good looking (of course, a matter of debate)
Around $250-350, like the Norco case.

No special PSU is required (which adds a lot to the price, unfortunately), so regular ATX PSU slots would be acceptable.

[Ockie]

Nothing comes close to the norco price. For other 16 bay units, you are talking close to 600 dollars... so the norco for 289 is a steal.

You don't need to match your controller, you can put system drives on the extra sleds or just leave them empty.

[axan]

norco really is best bang for the buck.

[nitrobass24]

+1 for the Norco rpc4020...20 hotswap drives for ~$290 is what I call da Shit.

[Tolyngee]

Would this work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Supermicro-Server-3U-CSE-836TS-R800NDVP_W0QQitemZ180296623405QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180296 623405&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

$125 shipped...

[nitrobass24]

Would this work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Supermicro-Server-3U-CSE-836TS-R800NDVP_W0QQitemZ180296623405QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180296 623405&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

$125 shipped...

No backplane or PSU

Sounds like a waste of money.

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Would this work?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brand-New-Supermicro-Server-3U-CSE-836TS-R800NDVP_W0QQitemZ180296623405QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180296 623405&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14

$125 shipped...

I've seen these deals before too, and when I read "no backplane", that was a deal-breaker.

Wish it wasn't the case, though. I'd love to get Supermicro rackmounts with hotswap backplanes, but those things are $$$. :(

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260300728963&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016

Is a backpane for the Supermicro units up for grabs.

[Ockie]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260300728963&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=016

Is a backpane for the Supermicro units up for grabs.

The power supplies are a whole nother story. Not to mention, this may or may not come with the PSU distribution module.