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Cheap and shallow 3 or 4U rack case recommendations in the EU? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by axels01@alien.top to c/homelab@selfhosted.forum

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I recently acquired a used 16U rack on wheels and some shelves for about €30. The rack is very shallow, at only about 460mm of depth, so I'd assume it's actually an audio gear rack, nevertheless it was very cheap so I can't complain.

I'm currently looking at the Inter-Tech IPC 4U-40248, which is 480mm deep and would stick out a tiny bit. I did have a look at the 4U-40240, however my motherboard is just slightly too large.

I'd like 8 hot-swap 3.5" bays, I could however add these later with 5.25" cages seeing as most cases with built in hot-swap bays and back-planes use SFF-8087 or similar plugs. Unless I'm able to use a SFF-8087 -> 4xSATA cable in the "wrong" direction (SFF-8087 at the back-plane -> 4xSATA on my motherboard), I'm doubtful this is possible.

I'm located in the EU so I'll only be buying from within the EU.

Any and all recommendations are highly appreciated!

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[–] SirLagz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, reverse breakout cables exist (SFF-8087 -> 4xSATA)