Gordon McLellan wrote:> Does anyone have a supermicro 942i server chassis? I'm trying to
> figure out if it has a true nine 5.25" drive bays, or if the one
> occupied by the 3.5" caddy is special / crippled.
>
> What I want to do is install three of the supermicro 5x3 hot swap
> backplanes and I'm gunshy about buying one site unseen.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Gordon
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Gordon,
Yes, it does have 9 bays available. I have stuffed 4 of these chassis
with 3 of the 5 bay hot-swappable SATA enclosures, which allows me to
run around 11TB raid 50 (9.1TB formatted with XFS). The 3.5" caddy
slides out just like the spacers.
Can't be happier with the chassis/power supplies.
I have included a link below for a reference.
Good Luck.
Monty
http://www.wiredzone.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=30744293
http://www.wiredzone.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=10017099