blowdart wrote:
It's strange, you'd think some of the case manufacturers would have realised people want NAS devices with hot swap disks and a small footprint and provide their own shells, to which you could add a mini ITX motherboard. But no, you have to get a stupidly big and noisy case or get the dremel out ....


I honestly don't understand all these unusual and exotic solutions people come up with for large storage.  Just do what I do:  Add hard drives.  For every four drives, add another controller card. For every ~300-450W of power consumption, add another PSU. Short pins 4 and 6 and set it near the case.