cyklondx
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2018
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Hi,
I would like opinion in terms of sawing off half of the rack chassis. My plan would be to buy a cheap/barebone rack chassis saw off everything after hdd trays with backplane.
I'm specifically looking:
1) for types of saws i should be using.
2) what brand of servers/chassis i should be looking up on ebay to sacrifice for my hba.
3) I'm specifically looking for 2U, and 12 bays;
4) the backplane must be recognizable with typical sas controllers or hba controller on pci-e.
5) No "magic" power plugs.
Why I want to do this? Well things are just expensive, and this seem like a cheap option, I never had much luck modding those 2u psu's to make them quiet so i guess chopping it off is much better option.
I would like opinion in terms of sawing off half of the rack chassis. My plan would be to buy a cheap/barebone rack chassis saw off everything after hdd trays with backplane.
I'm specifically looking:
1) for types of saws i should be using.
2) what brand of servers/chassis i should be looking up on ebay to sacrifice for my hba.
3) I'm specifically looking for 2U, and 12 bays;
4) the backplane must be recognizable with typical sas controllers or hba controller on pci-e.
5) No "magic" power plugs.
Why I want to do this? Well things are just expensive, and this seem like a cheap option, I never had much luck modding those 2u psu's to make them quiet so i guess chopping it off is much better option.