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Silverstone DS380 NAS Chassis Review

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Silverstone DS380 NAS Chassis Review

 

There are three important aspects to consider when selecting an NAS

enclosure for your DIY build. You'll want as small a size with as

small a footprint as possible, you'll want an efficient design with

space for all your drives and other parts, and finally you'll want it

all to be well cooled since it will be running 24/7. With this in

mind, it sure looks like Silverstone hit a triple home run with their

DS380 NAS Chassis.

 

The Silverstone DS380 has a tiny footprint of just 211 x 360 mm and

is 285 mm high. This isn't much, but it still has room for a total of

12 drives, mITX motherboard, SFF PSU and three 120mm cooling fans. The

rear fan area is even placed so it can accommodate AIO liquid cooling

solutions such as theSilverstone TD03

<http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=398&area=en>

 and the three included fans have a maximum noise generation of

22dBA.

 

The 8 of the drive bays can take up to 3.5-inch drives and are

hot-swappable from the front. The connecting backplane can connect

with both SATA and SAS controllers for added possibilities and

features. The backplane gets power from two Molex connectors, which

helps a lot when you want to connect this amount of drives to an SFX

PSU. The two fans mounted at the side are also powered and controlled

over this backplate; this is both a smart and a nice addition.

 

The last 4 drive bays are internal and only for 2.5-inch drives,

which is perfect for a raid 10 setup as your system drive, or just

another raid array at your disposal with smaller drives; there are

almost endless possibilities with the Silverstone DS380.

 

URL - http://www.eteknix.com/silverstone-ds380-nas-chassis-review/

 

 

 

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