Hi I got a very specific recommendation request:
I would like to build a fanless rackmount NAS for my homelab. Fanless because I am sleeping next to it. So to achieve that I don’t want any moving part, hence SSDs and fanless cooling. Rackmount So I can neatly store it in my rack. Ideally I want to run Truenas on it and be not fendor restricted so I cam expand and modify it myself. So I thought about getting a maybe 2U maybe higher case. But here starts my trouble: I want it to support at least 6 external drives and consumer tower PSU because industrial server PSU are not build to be silend. I hope you guys can follow me.
TL;DR: I need a 2U rackmount case with 6+ (4+) external drives and supporting consumer PSU (fanless Design) for a NAS. No pre-build or at least easy modifiable.
Please ask any questions or ask for any infos you need :) Thank you for your time.
Where are the external drives living? Hard drive make their own noise. Might consider going with solid state if you want silence.
One example of this that’s making the rounds: https://www.asustor.com/en/product/FS67
Those machines have a fan at the bottom of the case.