[ale] DIY NAS vs Boxed NAS?

[agcarver+ale at acarver.net (Alex Carver)]

On 2018-12-05 10:04, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 10:07:00 -0800
> Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> 
>> A small, passively cooled ITX/mITX motherboard (like one of
>> the supermicros) and some big 140 mm fans at low speed would make the
>> whole thing pretty quiet.
> 
> They make 200mm fans, and those things are very, very quiet while
> moving quite a bit of air.
> 

Well, I know, I have a catalog with fans of all sizes but standard
computer cases only support a typical size of 120 mm with some
supporting 140 mm.  Cases with mount points (and vents) large enough to
support even bigger fans are harder to get.