I’m having a hard time figuring out what case I want to get. Part of me thinks hot swap bays would be nice (I’ve had a drive failure and figuring out which one would have been 10x easier with hot swap). Of course in the future I’ll have labels with S/N on the drives so it’s easier to find the drive.
So provide me any case recommendations with 8+ drive bays if internal, and 6+ if hot swap. (I have a 5 drive pool now, but want to be semi future-proof).
That’s awesome, glad to hear it - I hope it continues to treat you well!
I actually had to swap a drive out yesterday and was happy to have this case again. It was a bit more work than just pulling a single drive, since I hadn’t labeled the drives on the front (I’ve changed that now), but if you take that small step it makes it super easy.
I also had screwed in some of the drive bays on the back and then forgotten, so taking them out was a pain, but unless the tower is mobile the bays seem stable enough without those screws.