Jonsbo N3 NAS Enclosure Black - Compact Mini-ITX Aluminium Case for 8X 3.5" HDDs, Hot-Swappable, 2x 80mm Fans, SFX Power Supply, USB-C

Excellent boîtier, utilisé pour monter un nas unraid, avec 8 hdd et 3 M2. Il est petit mais très bien conçu, place importante pour le câble management

This case has been great so far. Probably the most challenging aspect is finding a Mini ITX board that is suitable for NAS, and finding a suitable power supply. I’ll touch briefly on these, but this review is about the case. The build is solid - nothing feels cheap, although I am not a huge fan of the drive mounts (basically rubber grommets attached to the drives with screws and a pull handle to assist in removing the drive from the bay). It works though, and I hopefully will not be swapping drives often, so not a huge deal to me. Inside the case, with a SFX power supply and mini ITX motherboard, there is plenty of room, and nothing feels cramped. The power cable is a bit odd, as the PSU mounts in the top of the case at the front, with an extension leading to the back of the case for the external power cable. It prevents you from using the power switch on the PSU, but again, not a deal breaker for me. Cable management is pretty easy, and there are options for different motherboard configurations and presumably PSUs. Heat management has been fine so far, but there are mount points for additional fans if needed. Noise is a bit high (I can’t measure it), but it is on par with my 2022 era tower case. I can hear both of them, but it’s bot terrible. I would not recommend it in a recording studio though. The weird bits… First, mini ITX - finding a board with 10GBe and at least 6 SATA ports is challenging. I could find maybe 4 total, but I am sure other options exist. Most ITX boards lack both of those features, and only one or the other can be added via the PCIe slot. I did find one though, and while it mostly works, the network chip on the mobo is not really designed for server use. I seek kernel warnings from TrueNAS regularly, and gave to wonder if it is responsible for the occasional network performance issues I see. I may try another board at some point, but my recommendation is to do your homework - there are not really a lot of options. If you don’t need 10GBe, then you have more of a selection. Overall though, I am quite happy with the case. In fact, I am already thinking about future upgrades, and the N5 case is at the top of my list.

Package arrived undamaged and contained all the items identified on the product page. TLDR: Loving this NAS, larger form-factor but easier to populate with good components. Lots of air circulation and it has room for 8 drives! This journey started because I needed to replace an older NAS that has been out of support and security updates for quite some time. It still worked for my needs but thought it was time. I initially went to a pre-configured NAS box that all I had to do was install the drives and be done but I had so many problems just getting the NAS up and running I returned that POS and decided to build one myself. I priced out all the parts and with having some older components already I ended up saving money and getting a much better system in the end. The box is a larger form factor for a NAS so you may want to take a close look at the dimensions to make sure you're ok with it. I am happy it is as big as it is because it's easier for me to get all the components in it I want. There is lots of room for an ITX board, SFX PSU and you still have slots for 2 cards. There are 2 fans in the lower section where all the drives are and there is space for two more fans in the upper section. I haven't added any fans to the upper section yet, it is surrounded on 3 sides with louvered vents so it stays pretty cool for now. I don't see needed those two fans right now but i like having the option. The existing two fans are a bit loud but not unbearable, my home heating air vents are louder so it's not an issue for me. It will eventually go in a server room anyway. The drive bays were a bit of a surprise, the plugs are hot-swappable, which is great, but I have found I rarely have to sap them so I haven't really needed this function, but you add these rubber grommets to the screw hole on each hdd (4 in total) and those grommets fit into a metal groove top and bottom of the drive bay. Its a little awkward pushing the drive in all the way and has more friction than I am use to but it does work and the benefit is those rubber grommets serve as shock absorbers. So since I rarely ever swap drives I think this will work ok, I just hope those rubber grommets don't deteriorate and cause the drive to become unbalanced. Not much going on for the front display, just a power button, power light and drive light where you've added a drive. I only have 4 in it right now but love that this is an 8 drive case and overall (not included the parts I already had) cost me quite a bit less than the other pre-configured unit would have cost me. Very happy.

Caja perfecta para NAS. Vino un poco arañada y no fui capaz de que me realizaran el cambio pero en si el producto funciona perfecto

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