There are tons from various brands (Dell, EMC, HPE, IBM, Netapp, Promise, Sun, Supermicro). A 2U enclosure fits 12 3.5” drives. 3U fits 15 vertical or 16 horizontal.
4U gets into Backblaze Storage Pod territory. Up to 60 drives per enclosure (sometimes more with weird layouts).
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