Reddit mentions of Rosewill 4U Server Chassis/Server Case/Rackmount Case, Metal Rack Mount Computer Case with 8 Bays & 4 Fans Pre-Installed (RSV-R4000)

It's a rosewill. Same case I have. It is great. Rosewill 4U Server Chassis / Server Case / Rackmount Case, Metal Rack Mount Computer Case with 8 Bays & 4 Fans Pre-Installed (RSV-R4000) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_dt2MAb4MA2JP1

If 8 bays is all you need right now, consider something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Norco-4U-Rackmount-Components-RPC-4308/dp/B00N5C6GYY/ref=sr_1_16?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1536045035&sr=1-16&keywords=short+depth+rack+mount

or

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=psdc_572238_t1_B00BQY388A?th=1

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What I would do is use:

-Full size atx asrock taichi motherboard (Which has 8 sata ports, with all the pci-e slots you'll ever want for expansion. The taichi ultimate has a 10gb port)

-A Ryzen APU (The Ryzen 5 2400GE 3.8GHz 35W looks interesting https://www.quietpc.com/amd-2nd-gen-ryzen-cpus)

-ECC ram. A single 16gb stick would be fine, which gives plenty of expansion potential later.

-Openmediavault with the zfs plugin

-Reuse a power supply I have around, but really good new ones aren't much these days.

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And boom, you'll have everything you need as well as future expandability for much less than a prebuilt nas that locks you into an ecosystem. The norco case would allow you to add another five disk bay in the middle, and you could use the pci-e slot to get an hba card and use sas to sata cables to connect those drives.

$200 with rails:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EV30W/

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DGZ42SM/

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-RSV-R28LX-Bearing-Sliding-Rackmount/dp/B0795Y3QM3/

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Or $300 for 12 hot swap bays: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N9CXGSO/ref=twister_B079C7QGNY

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-RSV-R28LX-Bearing-Sliding-Rackmount/dp/B0795Y3QM3/

So when I originally moved in to my house last year, I set things up in a very temporary setup that became more permanent than I was hoping. I also had to bring another box home from my office when we moved locations and we no longer had a dedicated internet connection so I couldn't expose anything directly to the internet.

I've been looking at setups from everyone for a while now, getting ideas of what I needed and I finally settled on the following:

• NavePoint 4ft Open Frame 19" 22U 4-Post Network Server - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A6JQO4A
  
• TP-Link 24-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BU0EKW
  
• Keystone panel - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F8NLZ4Z
  
• 2U shelf - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008X3JHJQ
  
• 1U shelf - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A6JQYDG
  
• Rosewill 4U case (8 bay) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EV30W
  
• Rosewill 4U case (6 bay) - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07957B2VF
  
• 80mm quieter fans - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NTUJZ36
  
• 1U PDU - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075TQS7XC
  
• 1U Blank - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0779M2D96
  
• Velcro! - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001E1Y5O6
  
• POE injectors - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NRF9GQO
  
  I don't intend on purchasing full sized rack mount servers as I just use desktop class hardware for the most part but I took the two systems that I had in desktop cases and put them in the Rosewill cases that I've seen a lot of people use and a coworker recently suggested them as well as he recent did a rack setup. Since I don't need full size servers, I decided to go with a 4 post "network" rack as I don't really need the extra depth. I'm just using a 1U blank to help stabilize the servers in the rack so they're not just hanging from the front.
  
  If anyone is looking to get some of the same components, I would say that the 1U shelves that I bought don't really work that well as I had to get creative with the brackets to make them work and they do extend out the back a bit but I knew they would do that when I purchased them, I just didn't realize I would have to flip around some brackets to make it work.
  
  My network is really basic so I went with a 24 port unmanaged gigabit switch. I did have to get some POE injectors for my 3 WAPs as I did have a 8 port switch that had built in POE before but I knew that 8 ports wasn't going to cut it and I wanted to go with a rack mount switch.
  
  Future plans are to replace the 3 regular PSUs with something rack mountable. Right now I have one PSU for each box and then the 3rd is for all of the network equipment. I'd also like to get a KVM but for right now I have HDMI cables ran to the side where I can easily switch them out and the keyboard I only plug into the front panels if I need it.

Looks like this one, if it's the same as I bought

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EV30W

Those bays will fit in the same manufacturer's 4u rack mount cases.

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/

One of the options listed already includes 3 of them. If you already purchased 2 of the holders, the least expensive option will be $99 for the dual bay case.

It is a Rosewill case that I found on Amazon. I only got it last week. I wanted to clean up my rack and my 3U case has a GPU that was too tall to put the cover on. So I got this cheap 4U and put it in there, and will put something else in the 3U case later.

I saw a few posts over the last few days that have the same case (My cover is open so it looks different).
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/atzj4e/just_recabled_the_home_lab_rack_im_quite_proud_of/
https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/aun5qx/could_use_some_advice_on_device_placement_to/

The top one is https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0055EV30W/ref=ppx_yo_mob_b_inactive_ship_o0_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1 housing an AMD Epyc 7281.

Underneath that is my NAS chassis, https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00N9CXGSO/ref=ya_aw_oh_bia_dp?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

They've been pretty solid. I replaced the fans with quieter ones. Same goes with my USG. The whole setup has a nice quiet hum 😊

This one is a useful option. There are plenty of variants, some with hot swap bays. I use it with a SSI EEB board, and it fits it all just fine.

Also, most rack servers have removable ears, so they can easily work outside of a rack. And even with the ears, they stand up just fine in my experience.

Thanks man! Here is the link to the case. It's a Rosewill RSV-R4000, which as you can see has quite a few variants to fit your needs. Highly recommend it!

bigger is better ;)

this is what i use

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EV30W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I built my NAS from this 4U case and I am very happy with it. It doesn't have hot-swap but you will pay a lot more for that. The case has plenty of room, holds 12 drives, and has several places for fans. Each 4-drive cartridge holds a full size fan, too.

Do you need hotswap? I personally have two of these, but going to 12 hotswap bays from 8 internal bays takes it from $85 to $235 per

Little above 200 but fits alot including larger boards

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811165140

otherwise this is close to what i use, not many 5 1/4 but it can fit alot of hard disks

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500922482&sr=8-1&keywords=server+case

I use this case but there are a few similar ones with different options for drive bays.

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=rosewill%2Bcase&qid=1562677652&s=gateway&sprefix=rosewill&sr=8-5&th=1&psc=1

Your nvme Drive can be passed through as a unassigned drive. I do this with the two vm’s that I run. I also have plex and everything else running on it.

A major factor to consider is the cpu and how it’s setup. If you don’t properly isolate the cores needed for your vm plex will cause lots of lag due to the cpu spikes. If you have a newer 4 core 8 thread processor 4 threads for the vm and 4 for plex and UnRaid should be fine. I wouldn’t try this on anything else. I had my vm’s on a FX 8350 for a while and it worked but I would get random lockup’s.

My current setup is:

Ryzen 7 2700x

32GB Ram

2x 240GB SSD cache drives (one will work fine)

2x 500GB SSD passes through to each vm (one for each vm)

2x GTX 1650 (one for each vm)

12 other drives for storage


I have 3 cores/6 threads assigned to each vm and 2 cores/4 threads for plex, UnRaid and everything else. Each vm has also been given 12GB of RAM.

It’s a fun project that never seems to end as I can always find something new that I want UnRaid to do.

Bought this on Amazon two weeks ago for $93 then it went down to $73 so I had to buy it again and return it.

Edit: $70 on Amazon https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_NGghAbPG7K3N1

Edit 2: This one only has 8 hard drive bays vs the 15 bays for the case OP posted.

Here's a component list:

• http://www.amazon.com/2-Post-Cabinet-Threaded-Components-SR2POST13/dp/B00NOTXZZG
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Raxxess-RAX-Unitray-Universal-Rack/dp/B0007OGTGS
  
• http://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-CPS-1215RMS-Rackmount-Power-Surge/dp/B00077INZU
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmountable-24-Port-1000Mbps-RNSW-11001/dp/B006P36CNA
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Server-Chassis-Rackmount-Metal/dp/B0055EV30W
  
• http://www.amazon.com/HGST-Deskstar-3-5-Inch-Internal-0S03664/dp/B00HHAJRU0

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EV30W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

just replace the fans that come with it with something quieter and it should work well but not the best cable management in the case

Buy this

And 3 of these

You can move your compaq's components into it and maybe get a couple of SATA PCIe cards. Use FreeNAS that will let you use RAIDZ and it has a plex server package too.

Hmm. Now that I think of it, that particular rack isn't important to me, I got it at less than half off. I could either go for a better (open-air or not) rack (only real requirement is wheels), or take the front and back off of this one. In light of that, I own this (empty) chassis already:

Rosewill 4U Server Chassis / Server Case / Rackmount Case, Metal Rack Mount Computer Case with 8 Bays & 4 Fans Pre-Installed (RSV-R4000)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EV30W/

What I'm really looking for is a way to organize all of my equipment in one place, not on my desk:
this computer, (future) server/NAS, network equipment (switch, gateway, access point), UPC, power strip.

You can do GPU mining in 4U cases. Here are 5 265's in a 4U case: http://i.imgur.com/xAJe6qP.jpg

It's much better with all the cards in the front of the case instead of one on the MB. This is a reasonably cheap Rosewill case. You have to upgrade the weak stock fans with something that pushes at least 2x as much air. I ended up used 100+ CFM fans and put one stock fan in the right 3.5" bays and one in the back where cards are normally screwed in (not pictured).

RSV-R4000

How about a rosewill? It's a little over the price range you mentioned, but i've had my eye on it for a few weeks. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055EV30W/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza

EDIT: Ignore the bot below, that one link has several chassis in it at different prices. Check out the 12 bay hot swap one.

I built mine with this 12 bay hot swap chassis, and it’s been solid. Plenty of room for airflow, and lots of room to expand.

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W

I use a melanox 10gb sfp+ card in it. I have the 8 core atom board, same one used by IXSystems in their commercial units, with 16gb of RAM. System is installed on a pair of mirrored sandisk cruiser thumb drives. I’m running 8 disks in it currently, using mirrored vdevs. Performance is great.

nice i did find this if youre interested.

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-RSV-R4000-Metal-Server-Chassis/dp/B0055EV30W/

A lot of that looks great - except that a 4U rack mount case is large, and will easily fit a full ATX motherboard and graphics card.

I've never overclocked before, so I guess what I'm mostly looking for is the following:

• A great Z370 motherboard that has lots of features (addressing the extra SATA ports was a great thought - I also had the Blu-ray drive I wanted to hook up, and that requires SATA. I haven't built a system in 8 years, so I didn't realize that the M.2 port can overlay a SATA port) but doesn't have to have all the fancy lights, armor, etc that just make it look pretty.
  
• It's going to be rack mounted 2 feet down from my network switch, so wireless isn't needed.
  
• Whatever cooler would be required to keep an i7-8700k cool under mild to moderate overclocking, preferably air-cooled.
  
  How does having the extra space available in the case change your recommendation, if any? I mean, I have a 7ft tall 42U rack in my basement - for this, space isn't really a concern, because I have about 30U available currently.
  
  Thanks again!

Thanks.

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=rsv-r4000&qid=1572673022&sr=8-3

I have my gaming PC in my rack. This is the case I use: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_wDqgyb77BXYEN
It is big enough, that's for sure.

I also use this for my gaming pc through a hole in my rack because I keep my rack locked: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HG7HO22/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_xFqgybVHH39NF

• on my phone, not sure how to format links
  
  Edit: Looks like the price for the case has gone up $25 since I bought 3 of them.

If your looking for something different and has a lot of internal room and can be sat just about anywhere (also rack mountable and very quiet) This rosewill case is a good one I've had experience with: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=psdc_572238_t1_B008SPOAXC?th=1

And if that's not your thing then go for something more along the lines of the always good NZXT H440, plenty of room for whatever amount of drives or pcie cards you need it to handle.
Ninja edit: https://www.amazon.com/NZXT-TowerComputer-Black-Window-CA-H442W-M1/dp/B015401IWE/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1492700320&sr=1-1&keywords=h440&th=1

This Rosewill case is one I've been fawning over for a while.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=twister_B01N5HO6X2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I'm no professional, but I feel like you could do a lot with these parts:

Empty Case:
https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W

Patch Panel
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Rackmount-Wallmount-48-Port/dp/B0072K1P8C/ref=sr_1_3?crid=13UXC513T93L&keywords=48+port+patch+panel&qid=1558021254&s=gateway&sprefix=48+port+patc%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-3

LED Lighting
https://www.amazon.com/BrillGlow-Multi-colored-Background-Waterproof-Controller/dp/B01A5DDDE6?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_1

You could probably combine these three parts, in various sets of configurations to build something "Hollywood"

I used this for some inspiration

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1802&bih=990&ei=3oPdXIbaO6XI_Qa2lJ-wAg&q=datacenter+server&oq=datacenter+server&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i5i30j0i8i30l4j0i10i24j0i24.1733.3829..4019...0.0..0.177.1362.16j1......1....1..gws-wiz-img.....0..0i10j0i10i30.c3zuc98LIQA#imgdii=uFbGHerwzsZbfM:&imgrc=6caHghE6mHfmCM:

http://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Server-Chassis-Rackmount-Metal/dp/B0055EV30W

Not a bad price. I have the 8 bay version personally and have no qualms with it.

I've looked for a while for something similar to upgrade myself; Unless things have changed much in the last two years, i never found something that i was happy.

In the end, i just went with a cheap server case that can house 8 drives. Its not super small or compact; but i'd figure, at my rate, i'll be adding another server after sometime, and i can get server racks to hold them all up.

Trade for my desktop?

• i7-5930k
  
• 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666MHz (4x8)
  
• NVIDIA GTX 980 Gigabyte Windforce
  
• MSI XPOWER X99 mobo
  
• Corsair TX750 750W Bronze rated PSU (discontinued now)
  
• Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 CPU Cooler
  
• Rosewill 4U server case (12 HDD bays)
  
• Corsair SP 120mm fans
  
• Basic wall mount 8U rack
  

Solid on that end. Plenty of reach with the cables.

https://www.amazon.ca/Rosewill-Rackmount-Chassis-Internal-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=60RRZPP7HQ3H&keywords=server+chassis&qid=1564890939&s=gateway&sprefix=sever+c%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1

i think should to it(Canadian Amazon)

I'm currently using a PC case from 1992. It had 8 hdd bays and they seem to be supporting fewer hdd bays these days. When/if I buy a case it will probably be something like the rosewill 4u https://www.amazon.ca/Rosewill-Rackmount-Chassis-Internal-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=mp_s_a_1_3