Hello Data Hoarders. I recently picked up around 180TB of fairly new storage through FB marketplace (8 x WD HC550 HDDs + 2 x Seagate x18 Exos HDDs, all 3.5"). I plan on using the 2 Exos drives for parity and the 8 WDs for data storage. I currently have a Phanteks Enthoo Pro case housing an ASUS Z10PE-D16 WS with two Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4s.
I can make the space in the existing case to house all 10 drives, but I'd like to be able to have something more easily accessible for hotswap purposes in case a drive goes down.
I'm not familiar with the solutions for this situation. EMC cases seem to fit the bill, but I can't find information on whether licensing is needed for them, or how loud they are. The data storage will be inside my home office next to the existing server, and these particular drives will only be housing data for backup purposes.
I've also considered getting two of the Syba 8-Bay Enclosures and swapping the fans with Noctua fans but was concerned about USB 3.0 bottlenecking the read/write to the drives in the event a drive rebuild is needed. I'd happily consider a rackmount solution as well, as I plan on eventually putting a floor rack into that office to house some of the networking equipment and making it a more formal setup.
Can someone provide some guidance as to what options I should be looking at? Thanks in advance!