list of tower cases with top-to-bottom drive bays

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I grabbed this from another forum, lots of great tower cases:


brand / model / (5.25 bay count)

AeroCool VX/VS-9 Pro
Antec 1200 - (12)
Antec 900 - (9)
AZZA Helios 910
Chieftec Smart WH-01
Coolermaster Centurion 590 - (9)
Coolermaster Stacker 810 - (11)
Lianli PC-P80
Lianli PC-P5
Lian Li PC-A77FB - (12)
Nexus Prominent 9 - (9)
NZXT Evo - (9)
Raidmax Serian (9)
Rosewill RSV-R4000 (11)
Sharkoon Rebel 12 Eco / Value (11)
Silverstone KL01 & KL02 (12)
Silverstone TJ-07 (7 5.25 + 6 3.5)
Sunbeam AC9B-T Acrylic
Thermaltake V5 - (9) (discontinued)
Thermaltake V6 - (8) (9 removal of top mount eSata for hotswap bay)
XCLIO Nighthawk (9)
Xigmatek Utgard CPC-T90DB
Xigmatek Utgard Window CPC-T90DB-U02
Xigmatek Elysium Black Server Edition (non window) CCC-HSA0DS-U03 All Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Super Tower Computer Case - (12)
Xigmatek Elysium Black CCC-HSA0DS-U01 All Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Super Tower Computer Case - (12)
Zalman MS1000
Zalman Z7 Plus

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and drive bays to go in them:

a review of the norco ss-500 5 in 3 cage

[Lee Sharp]

I have been using a few of the Norco cases and I am VERY impressed. Out of 5 cases, I have seen no issues. Well built and well ventilated. I assume the drive cages are of a similar quality.

[apollo567]

and drive bays to go in them:

a review of the norco ss-500 5 in 3 cage

looks cool, but in Europe they are around EUR 138 per piece.
I may put this one also into consideration, perhaps less features but does sufficiently the job for less than EUR 25, but only a 4 in 3 cage....
http://geizhals.at/de/cooler-master-sta ... 98607.html

[b0ssman]

104 Euro from the European distributor.

https://ri-vier.eu/5-bay-satasas-6g-hot ... cPath=1_40

[ku-gew]

Are there similar product, but external with a single eSATA connector and internally an expander, so that I can expand my server beyond the capacity of my case? It is important of course to have each drive presented to the OS as single one, so that ZFS can manage them freely.

[b0ssman]

somehting like this?
http://www.fantec.eu/html/en/2/artId/__ ... ticle.html

[ku-gew]

I know them, last time I checked they usually presented all the HDDs as a single device to the OS.
I will check the one you suggested, maybe it's different.

[chrisf4lc0n]

You can also go budget way with Zalman ZM-T2 (£17.99 delivered from Amazon) case and Sedna SE-HDD-S01 stand (£6.00 delivered from WAE+):

Sedna SE-HDD-S01.jpg

The case has also got 2 other mounting points for 3.5" HDD and 1x2.5".
You cannot go wrong with £24!