The InWin IW-MS04 mini 4-bay case looks interesting

I’m a fan of the HP(E) ProLiant MicroServer line, and still have a Gen 8 kicking around for NetBSD testing. I call it my Companion Cube. But its limitations and quirky boot behaviour do have me looking for another tiny machine with four bays I can eventually upgrade into. I was also thinking of building a server for Clara to be able to tinker with. If only someone made a case with a similar internal design and footprint to the MicroServer that… oh, wait a minute. What’s this handsome thing? I mean, aside from the reader who’s looking at this post? This is the InWin IW-MS04, which I’ve also seen sold as the InWin Mini 4 Bay. It’s another cute server box which largely reproduces the same layout as the HP, right down to the four drive sleds, Mini-ITX motherboard tray, a half-height PCIe slot, slim optical drive bay, and 120 mm fan grill. It also includes a dust cover in the door, something the HP lacked: You wouldn’t want anything but a more basic CPU given the space constraints for a…

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