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The management and storage improvements in 2012 are awesome. DFS improvements, new SMB 3.0, new NFS Server 2012 is much better for storage

Thanks guys, we will only be using cheap SATA drives so the single expander will be the way to go. cheers.

Redundancy? I would prefer as much redundancy as possible. but it will depend on price. Cheers for the tip.

Ok, think I'm getting there So this should be all the required parts to get that Chassis, and turn it into a 24 Bay JBOD Enclosure. Supermicro SC846E26-R1200B Chassis Supermicro MCP-290-0058-0N Mounting Rail Kit Supermicro CBL-0352L Rear SAS Ports...

I'm leaning towards this model here Supermicro SC846E26-R1200 So although this mentions it can take ATX Mainboards, you can run it without one and it includes rear SAS ports? - Looks like I would need to purchase this also to turn it into JBOD? Supermicro CSE-PTJBOD-CB1 Power card - Allows...

Thanks for the info guys, I am certainly leaning towards the pre-built option as it seems there isnt alot of difference in price. I just need to find this supermicro gear in aus. Thanks, and if anyone else knows of some JBOD enclosures please let me know.

Hi Guys, I have a budget of $2500 AU ish which is probably around $2200 US ish This is for an enclosure only (no HDD drives) I require 24 Drives or more. This will be used for a small business so has to be relatively reliable. This will be running Windows Server 2012 using storage spaces, so...