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I forget the name but there are some adapters that are both to silence drives and allow 2 3.5" hdd to fit 1 5.25 bay. I've also seen 3x5.25 to 4x3.5 bays so you'd have 1 leftover for the optical.

I've used 3 such coolermaster bays to make my storage tower. 9x5.25 spots = 12x3.5 hdd spots.

Just a thought but if some of those drives don't need top speed you could get external enclosures too ...

You might be interested in something like these...

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Jou-Jye-ST-3051SS-525-%283-Bay%29-Backplane-for-5x-35-SAS-SATA-HDD

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Supermicro-Black-CSE-M35T1-5-Bay-SATA-Hot-Swap-Rack-fits-into-3x525-Bays

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Icy-Dock-MB-455SPF-3-x-525-Bays-Hosting-5-HDD-Drives-SATAII-Hotswap-Best-Seller

I found one a while back that had 120mm fan on the back to cool the HDDs without being loud... but I can't find it any more. :(

Yea, everything PS linked to is expensive but it would probably be good future proofing. That way when you don't need a certain drive you can just yank it out, downside is keeping track of what is on each drive i suppose.

The only thing different about those bay converters from the one I already have is that they are hot swappable. I don't really mind pulling out the unit to replace drives. I'll post results once the new drives come in.

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I found one a while back that had 120mm fan on the back to cool the HDDs without being loud... but I can't find it any more. :(

Something like these?:
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC7312

I found one that mounted 5 into 3x 5.25" bays. (I have the P180), it should fit. There are different models available.

Even then, wow...um...You ever heard of a NAS unit?

Or a server?

It looks like you need a full tower. Like a old school chieftec.

Or one of these.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219021

Windows home server or similar on it (seems like lots of people use WHS with this case on [H])

The most likely problem is probably if the drive is sata, I've had a drive whose plastic sata connector broke off on it's own after running in too much heat, and only on the slight weight from the cable, not from any major force.

No such issue if it's ide though.

Depending what else is in the case you could get one of those rack type things that screws into the pci brackets and gives you mounting points to put harddrives in really odd positions.

Sunbeam pci rack or something if I recall correctly.

Yea, everything PS linked to is expensive but it would probably be good future proofing. That way when you don't need a certain drive you can just yank it out, downside is keeping track of what is on each drive i suppose.

My intent is to get my act together and start using a setup like that. Need to swap everything into my TJ07 from my P180 though. And that means watercooling too, as the TJ07 isn't that great at direct cooling...

The only thing different about those bay converters from the one I already have is that they are hot swappable. I don't really mind pulling out the unit to replace drives. I'll post results once the new drives come in.

Um... from the picture your bay fits four. The three I linked to fit five... extra drive in same amount of space...

Something like these?:
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=11130AC7312

Something like that, but it was hotswappable and fitted five drives.

Or one of these.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219021
Windows home server or similar on it (seems like lots of people use WHS with this case on [H])

Want. Would be useful. Noisy as hell, though, if it's a typical datacentre case.

Um... from the picture your bay fits four. The three I linked to fit five... extra drive in same amount of space...

Quite right you are, chap. I didn't look closely enough. Since it is another 100 bucks or so, that little device is going to have to wait though.

Without the fan it's also a bit larger than by current unit; but I've also got drives sticking out the back of that one so the one you linked might still work fine with the fan on it.

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