Re: I used t build Frankenservers, not by choice.
Not quite a frankenserver, but i have been responsible for many drive cage expansions facilitated by zip ties and electrical tape in tower servers. Was very effective for some 10k rpm screamer drives that used to over heat as they were built into a fully populated cage with no thought of heat mangement, pulled every other one out and suspended in 5 1/4" bays, doubt that was every changed can only assume its been decomissioned now
Have also been responsible for politicoservers, aka the big boss had to have the big box. So that led to putting a mATX mobo into a full tower case and rebuilding the (thankfully modest) server into the mini tower. Actually worked out well as the case was small enough to fit on a high shelf and never got fiddled with
Biting the hand that feeds IT
