Got a storage server (Truenas) based on a P620 with 6HDD and looking for some more expansion, ideally 8-12 drives. Would prefer SAS if at all possible. I am looking for something storage specific. Quiet and compact that doesn’t look like crap (has to pass WAF as it will be in living room).
So far, it looks like some of the NAS vendors make nice gear, but I don’t need or want the NAS part. I just want the case itself. I just need a dumb enclosure with SFF-8087 SAS ports to plug into an LSI SAS card.
Something like the Areca 8-12 drive desktop enclosures (but JUST the enclosure without their controller) or the
Terramaster T9-12, or the Synology or Qnap 8-12 drive enclosures would be great. Unfortunately everything I’ve found so far is just USB or thunderbolt (useless for Truenas).
Oh..and I do NOT need hotswap. If there is something small and elegant, like an SFF PC with a way to fit 8 internal 3.5” drives and a pair of SFF8087 SAS expansion ports, that would be perfect.
So far, the closest I’ve found is a U-NAS ES-810 expansion (on their website, but doesn’t seem to be available anywhere) or the old QNAP TL-D800S (looks nice, but SATA, not SAS, and ridiculously overpriced.
Help!!