Hotswap bay/case recommendation

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coolrunnings

Limp Gawd
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Hey all. I've got a server running with some cheap hotswap SATA enclosures and the enclosure went bad causing the RAID 5 to have to rebuild the 1.5tb array. The alarm on that LSI Logic 8308ELP controller is enough to give someone a coronary if they don't know what's going on. So here's my question. I'm looking for a server case with 8-10 hotswap bays that can be hooked up to the LSI 8308ELP RAID controller and notify me as to which drive is bad. I also need a case to go with it (pedestal style preferably) and it's in my main office so screaming like a banshee isn't an option. Can anyone recommend such a setup? Oh, side note, all the drives are SATA 3G. Thanks!
 
supermicro?
 
How many drives do you have? If you're looking to keep it at a reasonable price, have a look at the kingwin KF-3000 or -4000 enclosures. I recently got one and love it. They're 3in2 or 4in3, so you don't quite get the density of the 5in3, but the price is much more attractive. I got my 4000 for about $65 canadian, I'm sure prices are similar in the US. Build quality is very solid, and they're trayless, which for me at least is a nice feature. The one downside is that to get the fans and LEDs working, you have to use the included power cables, which have a small wire to plug into the case. A nuisance that they didn't just wire it internally, but not a huge deal.

http://www.kingwin.com/product_pages/kf4000-bk.asp (the picture there shows requiring an extra molex for the fans, the one I got seems to be an updated version that gets the power through the extra headers I was talking about).
 
I got my three bay sata hot swap bay off the FS/FT forums for 50 shipped.

Same ones that were on geek.com
 
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