enjoyfebruary Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I am considering developing a kit to convert the aging Xserve Raid rack into a useable enclosure. You can now routinely find these units on eBay for around $100, and considering the cost of typical rack unit (which aren't even as nice), I thought it would be about time to look at repurposing this beautifully made case into something builders could recycle. Basically this kit would include replacement PCBs for the drive sleds so that we can use standard SATA drives, while retaining both the power and activity lights. Secondly the kit would include a backplane PCB with standard molex and SAS connections. This would make the unit usable for homebuilt servers, NAS applications, or even just as a SAS expander. My target price for the entire kit would be around $200-250. I know this sounds like a lot but considering the quality of this case it is really comparable to other cases. Anyway, I put it to you guys to see if this would be something the community would be interested in. Let me know what your thoughts are. Thanks! Dan Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299789-xserve-raid-conversion-kit/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludacrisvp Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Sounds pretty cool, and something that Apple should have done before killing it would have been to do one last update to use this 'modern' technology called SATA. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299789-xserve-raid-conversion-kit/#findComment-2044476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekender Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'd totally be interested in this! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299789-xserve-raid-conversion-kit/#findComment-2045101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRaidAlex Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Check out my conversion! http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/321893-xserve-raid-mod-the-ultimate-nas/?do=findComment&comment=2399244 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/299789-xserve-raid-conversion-kit/#findComment-2399262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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