Side mount rack

[lizardking009]

I'm looking at JBOD hotswap enclosures and 99% of them are rack form factor. All my servers are tower form factor and not getting replaced soon, so I don't really want to put in a rack just for 3U or 4U of need.

I was wondering if anyone had seen a rack that is rotated 90 degrees from the typical horizontal way so I can put in a rackmount chassis on its side and still use rack rails.

 

[nitrobass24]

What?

I dont understand....you dont want to put in a rack yet you want to use rack rails?

Also what are you really trying to do? SAN, DAS or just add disks to some servers?

 

[Ockie]

I'm looking at JBOD hotswap enclosures and 99% of them are rack form factor. All my servers are tower form factor and not getting replaced soon, so I don't really want to put in a rack just for 3U or 4U of need.

I was wondering if anyone had seen a rack that is rotated 90 degrees from the typical horizontal way so I can put in a rackmount chassis on its side and still use rack rails.

Just stick the server on its side, there is no problem with doing this.

 

[Syntax Error]

(From sonofander's post in the storage showoff thread)

I don't see any major problems by doing what you described...for the Norco 4020, IIRC, you can remove the handles so it'll be neatly stacked on its side for compact storage.

 

[drgnfang]

That's what I did with mine, pulled the handles and set it on it's side.

 

[lizardking009]

I'm looking at the SuperMicro cases with the SAS expander built in. They don't appear to have a flat side like the Norcos. This is why I would have to use rack rails.