ANTEC DARK FLEET DF-85 20 drive modification

[RobbinHood]

hey there this i a new modification i have done to an ANTEC DARK FLEET DF-85 capable of 20 drives with lots of air flow

 

[Red Falcon]

Very nice build, definitely an improvement on the original design!

 

[RobbinHood]

agreed the original design only holds like 12 drives

 

[Lui]

What is a gap between drives? It really looks like one on another.

 

[RobbinHood]

From the highest point of each drive roughly about 2-3mm just enough room for airflow

 

[Origin_Unknown]

mother of god!

 

[Joe S]

Awesome. Great work. What is running on this rig?

 

[Loafdogg420]

Sexy sexy. I <3 sata cables.

Which drives? looks to be cav greens. Are they all the same?

 

[RobbinHood]

atm 16 western digital cavier green 2tbs on 2 rocketraid 2680 sas cards


just waiting for a graphics card to arrive and i will post benchmarks of hdds and drive temps

 

[PigLover]

Great work.

Does look like replacing a drive will be a PITA with everything wired up.

Get yourself some shorter SATA cables!

 

[Carlitos714]

Very nice!!! Do you plan on adding another fan for the top hard drives?

 

[GeorgeHR]

I like what you have done.

I hang my hard drives from a strip of 1/8" plywood. I think I space the holes 1-1/8" apart. That gives a 1/8" (3mm) gap between drives. I have my fans pushing air into the spaces (4 4" fans for 8 drives works well for me).

I don't think the air flow direction matters as much as having the fans near the hard drives. My fans are 1/2" away from the hard drives.

 

[TheMTZ]

Looks nice - but no vibration issues ?

 

[rust0r]

Sorry for reviving an old thead but this is exactly what I'm looking for!

I've run out of room in my server and am wondering if you could provide some info on the metal/method you used to make those rails (and also how it's been working for you since doing it!)

Any additional info you can provide would be great

Thank you !

 

[Red Falcon]

^ Just make sure to keep some cooling fans on those drives, they will be sure to heat up!

 

[ziggo0]

Sounds ghetto but you can use pipe strap as well. I drilled out the rivets from an old case, cut pipe strap and bent it to how I wanted it, used a rivet gun to install the pipe strap and it's been solid since. Only vibration issues I have is the case on the solid surface...which rubber feet take care of - green drives seem to spin slow enough to not cause problems.