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  1. Aside from the pros and cons you mentioned to each, I would say that you should also consider the type of hard disks you have in there, some hard disks are happy with spinning up and down frequently without issues and some aren't, also some drivers can stand the 24/7 operation and some don't. Finally, this also depends on the usage, if you will be accessing the driver so ofter then I won't not bother spinning them down, if you only access the drivers once or twice a day, then maybe you should. good luck
  2. And that's exactly what I did, thanks to you I just purchased 3 of these Got all three today, got them installed into my server and lo and behold two of them were just flat out dead, and the third one was making loud scratching/grinding noise. I am sending them all back to newegg for a refund
  3. And that's exactly what I did, thanks to you I just purchased 3 of these
  4. Thanks for your help, I went ahead and placed the order for 2x iStarUSA BPN-DE340SS 3x5.25" to 4x3.5" SAS/SATA 6.0 Gb/s Trayless hot swap. Regards
  5. Hello Guys, I have been using unraid for few years already (for media purposes mainly) I finally pulled the trigger and bought few components to upgrade what i already have. I will be running 12 hard disks, an ATX gigabyte motherboard that supports 6 Sata drives (3x Sata II and 3x Sata III). This is the case that i already bought http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811123153 Sata card: Supermicro PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS RAID Controller (AOC-SASLP-MV8) Now the question is, I am torn apart between 4 different types of 4x3.5 in 3x5.25 hot swap cages (I don't really need the 5 into 3 hot swaps which will save me some money and the drivers will run cooler with the 4 in 3. I will be getting two cages to install on each side of the case. These are what I am looking at; 1- KingWin Multi-Bay Internal Rack, 4 Drives for 3 Bay Space for SATA Components Other KF-4002-BK http://www.amazon.com/KingWin-Multi-Bay-Internal-Components-KF-4002-BK/dp/B00856XFVC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top (I like the 120mm fan that comes with this.) 2- iStarUSA BPN-DE340SS 3x5.25" to 4x3.5" SAS/SATA 6.0 Gb/s Trayless Hot-Swap Cage Black http://www.amazon.com/iStarUSA-BPN-DE340SS-3x5-25-Trayless-Hot-Swap/dp/B004IMKTX4/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1374173302&sr=1-14&keywords=4+hot+swap (it looks like it's well built, but I am not sure about its cooling vs noise.) 3- ICY DOCK MB154SP-B 4 in 3 SATA 6Gbps Hot-Swap HDD Backplane Module Cage Rack http://www.amazon.com/MB154SP-B-6Gbps-Hot-Swap-Backplane-Module/dp/B009HIOW1O/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_tnr_8 4- Norco SS-400 4 Bay 3.5 SATA/SAS Hot Swap Rack Module http://www.amazon.com/Norco-SS-400-SATA-Swap-Module/dp/B008ANH368/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374173943&sr=8-2&keywords=norco+ss-400 (cooling, noise !) which would you guys recommend? I, just like all of you I guess, am concerned with Cooling, Noise, and durability. Thanks in advanced.