HL15 Update: 4U and 5U Versions Are Coming

General
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The PSU mount for this unit would be the same as the other HL15 units. Both the motherboard and PSU mount to the rear of the server.

Since we cannot make the server any wider (as it needs to fit within standard rack dimensions), there is no additional space between the PSU and motherboard. As a result, both components will remain aligned in the same way, as they are both connected to the rear of the unit.

Please let us know if you have any further questions or need clarification on the design.

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This sounds great—at least for my needs. I’m genuinely excited about this case, especially since the other options I’ve found haven’t been ideal.

If it would be helpful for measurements or testing, I’d be happy to assist (no expectations—I’m planning to buy mine regardless). Like I said, I’m really looking forward to this.

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Any update on ETA for the 5U version?

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I’m so excited for the 5U! Perfect timing for me!

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+1 Interested in the 5U HL15 for ML/AI workload prototyping at home!

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Any news on the release of the 5U version? Also question for the brains trust, will the HL15 front dust filter work for the Q30? Could be a good retrofit for some that I have. Thanks.

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Hey @Zyk,

We are very close to finalizing the design, and we will let the community know as soon as i get further information regarding this from our team.

Unfortunately, the HL15 Dust filter will not fit the Q30.

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Too bad. Thanks for answering though.

Kevin

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Any updates? Need to start migrating to open shift + openshift AI for workloads.

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Not sure if you saw the answer already. It was posted in another thread about the “beast”. It will be announced at Twitchcon 2025 Oct 17-19.

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What are the dimensions for the 5U?

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We won’t know officially until it is released in a few weeks, but from the information provided so far probably 24"L x 17.125"W x 8.75"H

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The HL15 Beast is scheduled to be released on October 17th and you will find the specs on our store that day

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Did the date change? I dont see anything on the site yet.

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Hi @nvsravank

We are going to go live soon, and the launch is today.

I will post the link here as soon as we go live.

Thank you, for your patience!

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Any news about tri-mode backplane?

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It sounds like for tri-mode, it isn’t as easy as a simple hand-me-down backplane from the enterprise and putting it in a cheaper chassis, like they did with the SAS/SATA backplane. There is R&D involved in developing a specific HL backplane or per-drive cage similar to the way they have them wired in the Stornado F16. They’re also concerned with the cost of the HBA that would be required to support the NVMe drives.

Do you have any input on what mixture of 15mm, 7mm and 3.5 inch SAS/SATA/U.2/U.3 FF drives you’re trying to run? And if you’re trying to do it in the 4U ATX or 5U Beast chassis?

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Thank you very much for your reply!

I’m planning to run the following drives:

  • Kioxia CM7-R 15TB (×2)

  • Kioxia CD8-R 15TB (×2)

  • Micron 5400 PRO 960GB (×6)

  • WD Ultrastar 22TB (×4)

Currently, I have all of these installed in a Sliger Cerberus X case, except for the HDDs. I’d like to move everything into a more suitable case that can accommodate all the drives properly.

I appreciate the Beast version of the case, but I don’t see myself getting one, nor do most of the people I know.

Most people don’t have a dedicated rack setup, nor are they willing to allocate the space required for such a large case, this is weirdly true for a lot of small companies like mine.

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So I think you’ve got;

4x 2.5" 15mm U.3 (different NVMe generations if that’s important)
6x 2.5" 7mm SATA
4x 3.5" SAS or SATA

I guess that would go in a 15-bay LFF tri-mode backplane with adapters. But that doesn’t seem like the best use of space. They could look at expanding the Hybrid F8X1 layout to tri mode backplane(s) for LFF and SFF drives, but my guess is for proper tri-mode support they’d need to decide if they want to move to the front-loading mechanism for SFF drives being used in the latest Stornados, or keep that an enterprise chassis differentiating feature.

The Beast does help address two of the things people were complaining about; GPUs and EATX motherboards, but I agree it shouldn’t be the only platform for tri-mode if that were ever to appear. There are others like yourself just trying to incorporate enterprise SSD storage into a storage-centric ATX form factor case.

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