Hi I got a very specific recommendation request:

I would like to build a fanless rackmount NAS for my homelab. Fanless because I am sleeping next to it. So to achieve that I don’t want any moving part, hence SSDs and fanless cooling. Rackmount So I can neatly store it in my rack. Ideally I want to run Truenas on it and be not fendor restricted so I cam expand and modify it myself. So I thought about getting a maybe 2U maybe higher case. But here starts my trouble: I want it to support at least 6 external drives and consumer tower PSU because industrial server PSU are not build to be silend. I hope you guys can follow me.

TL;DR: I need a 2U rackmount case with 6+ (4+) external drives and supporting consumer PSU (fanless Design) for a NAS. No pre-build or at least easy modifiable.

Please ask any questions or ask for any infos you need :) Thank you for your time.

  • @czardestructo
    2•1 year ago

    Is it just a NAS? What cpu usage do you expect? Because I built a tower server with a fan less psu and a Ryzen 5600g and if the server is mostly idle the cpu fan never turns on and even under full load it’s just 30% duty cycle and I can’t hear it. That being said a u2 has a lot less passive airflow.