Techgage posted a look at Fractal Design's Array R2 mini-ITX chassis

It's been an entire year since we published our review of the Fractal Design R3. While the R3 has enjoyed almost universal praise from the review community, it's not the only offering from Fractal Design. In the time since that review, another CES has come and gone and Techgage has posted over 100 additional reviews and editorials.

One project that I have personally been working on for much of that time has been my FreeNAS build. Since we last posted about the open source, do-it-yourself NAS, I have shelved the platform and patiently waited for 8.2 to release (now released and downloadable). While I waited, I began to work with another offering from Fractal Design, the Array R2, as a home for Windows Home Server 2011.

Designed and marketed as a home NAS or server chassis, the Array R2 was built to house mini-ITX motherboards. Built entirely out of aluminum and rivaling Lian Li for quality and style, the Array R2 can house an astounding 7 hard drives (6x 3.5" drives and 1x 2.5" HDD or SSD) and ships with a Fractal Design-branded 300W SFX power supply. With the option to house that much storage, I'm interested in seeing how well the chassis allows work within the case.

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