Submitted 1 year ago by Nugget@lemm.ee to selfhosted@lemmy.world
I’m looking for a suggestion for compact-ish NAS cases. I only have a few drives, 4 at the moment, so I don’t need a ton of space. But I’d like to downsize without getting a brand new motherboard and PSU it possible.
My main requirement is being able to install and uninstall drives without worrying about cable management.
Thanks!
Oh man I just said in another thread we need a HomeLab here, give it a Google - they have a pretty good discord if you want to avoid the Reddit
...but I want to avoid Discord, too...
!homelab@lemmy.ml which is the OG migrated community from r/homelab but with the future of lemmy.ml in question, might move or consolidate to another instance soon. !homelab@lemmy.world !homelabsales@lemmy.world
My Synology is barely bigger than the 4 3.5 inch drives it houses.
It was my understanding that Synology products came with the rest of the computer parts as well. Is that true?
They are very locked down it should be said, so you have to fully buy into the Synology ecosystem (can’t replace the host OS).
Yeah, they’re a complete solution. OS and everything
Personally I like this one, its the usual atx tower super compressed to make it a mini tower pc
Here you have a cleaner link:
I got an Argon Eon case with a Raspberry Pi 4, but I’m regretting it because for some off reason my file transfer speeds via SMB are abysmal. I do have a heap of services selfhosted on the Pi and otherwise it’s okay
Check out ASrock’s Deskmini A300 or X300. They are barebones setups with Mini-STX motherboards. Space for two 2.5" hdd and two m.2 slots as well.
You can also evaluate to buy something like this for 3.5 or 2.5inch disks.
All compact atx cases were too expensive for my liking, so I decided to make one. I should probably not suggest a case made of plastic, but if you have access to a 3D printer check this out. 288x207x343 mm in size and it can house full size ATX mobo and PSU and 3x 3.5" or 7x 2.5". Colling is silent and good, but I didnt test with more powerfull CPU or 3.5 HDDs
Fermiverse@kbin.social 1 year ago
As ITX was already mentioned I just built mine using Fractal Node 304 case, in black though. You could keep the ATX power supply.