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CSE-847 Case...
The Supermicro CSE-847 is the whole reason this upgrade works: 45 bays in 4U lets me consolidate a ridiculous number of drives into fewer, cleaner shelves. With the SAS2 EL2 backplanes you get dual expanders for multipathing/failover, and it’s built to be cascaded with standard SFF-888 cabling. They can be loud and power-hungry stock, but with the right fan choices it becomes a very practical homelab disk shelf.
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Pros
- +45 drive bays in a 4U enclosure (24 front + 21 rear)
- +SAS2 EL2 backplanes with dual expanders support multipathing/failover
- +Easy to consolidate large arrays and stack multiple shelves
- +Trays are inexpensive in bulk and easy to source
Cons
- -Very loud with the stock fan configuration
- -Higher idle power draw than smaller/older chassis designs
- -Often sold decommissioned without outer rails and sometimes missing trays
