Silverstone CS-RM61-312 6U 12-Bay Rackmount Chassis

12-Bay Hot-Swap Rackmount Chassis

The Silverstone CS-RM61-312 is a 6U rackmount chassis designed for high-density storage servers and workstations. It provides twelve hot-swappable drive trays that accept both 2.5 inch SSDs and 3.5 inch HDDs. An internal backplane connects these bays through 12 Gb/s Mini-SAS HD SFF-8643 connectors with SGPIO support. The unit accommodates E-ATX or SSI-EEB motherboards and offers eight PCI expansion slots.

Suited For Storage-Focused Builds

This chassis suits administrators building storage-heavy servers who need front-access drive maintenance and dual power-supply redundancy. It also fits workstation users requiring triple 360 mm radiator support for custom liquid cooling. Builds that do not require hot-swap drive bays or that need more than eight PCI slots should consider other form factors. The front door includes a security lock for physical access control.

12 Gb/s Mini-SAS HD Backplane

The deciding specification is the internal backplane with 12 Gb/s Mini-SAS HD SFF-8643 connectors and SGPIO compatibility. This interface determines which host bus adapters or RAID controllers can address the twelve drive bays at full speed. Verify that your controller matches this connector type and protocol before purchase. The chassis supports dual PSU configurations for PS2, Mini Redundant or 2U Redundant units.