For the past few years, I've been using a Sans Digital TR4UT in a RAID5 setup and has been working pretty well. Only now have I realized that it's cooling ability rivals that of the sun.
There is a fan in the back, but its location behind the backplane renders it useless and the power supply sits directly below the bottom drive. The exterior case holes I think are there for effect but not really doing much. The cooling solution really is horrible.
After recovering from a dead drive, presumably due to heat (these things were REALLY hot), I need to find a similar solution/case with much better cooling abilities.
I've only been able to find these guys as an all-in-one solution in that no card is required. Part of my issue lies in the fact that I don't have room in the case for an additional card.
Their larger (eight bay) cases look to have much better cooling abilities, but they don't have the internal RAID capability. They do have a five bay, but its cooling solution looks to be just as horrible.
So,
-Minimum 4 bay external enclosure
-Self contained RAID5 cabability
-eSATA
-USB x.0 is irrelevant
-Better cooling than a star
I'd prefer not to go the NAS route as I do want to maintain some speed to my local box (I've only played with a NAS box once and it's performance was horrible at best).
Is anyone familiar with a better product that can meet these requirements?
Thanks in advance!
There is a fan in the back, but its location behind the backplane renders it useless and the power supply sits directly below the bottom drive. The exterior case holes I think are there for effect but not really doing much. The cooling solution really is horrible.
After recovering from a dead drive, presumably due to heat (these things were REALLY hot), I need to find a similar solution/case with much better cooling abilities.
I've only been able to find these guys as an all-in-one solution in that no card is required. Part of my issue lies in the fact that I don't have room in the case for an additional card.
Their larger (eight bay) cases look to have much better cooling abilities, but they don't have the internal RAID capability. They do have a five bay, but its cooling solution looks to be just as horrible.
So,
-Minimum 4 bay external enclosure
-Self contained RAID5 cabability
-eSATA
-USB x.0 is irrelevant
-Better cooling than a star
I'd prefer not to go the NAS route as I do want to maintain some speed to my local box (I've only played with a NAS box once and it's performance was horrible at best).
Is anyone familiar with a better product that can meet these requirements?
Thanks in advance!