I don't have recommendations for a case but I would advise you to go with True NAS scale as it also makes virtual machines and is more open / less annoying than Proxmox.
https://www.truenas.com/docs/scale/scaletutorials/virtualization/creatingmanagingvmsscale/
That's interesting. I had thought of doing TrueNAS Scale as a VM running in Proxmox, but you're suggesting have TrueNAS itself be the bare-metal hypervisor? What do you find annoying about Proxmox?
I haven't really ever found anything that checks enough boxes to make building my own in a chassis worth it, I run old Dell and Supermicro servers instead. The closest I have seen to what I want are these:
I’ve been using a Fractal R5 on a shelf on its side for the past three years. Rack mounting costs a premium and the R5/6 cases are just so good.
At that cost, you'd better buy a full Dell R720
I've got the 8-bay version of that case. Fans are surprisingly quiet, but the front grill/filter noticeably reduces airflow. Probably not an issue unless you've got GPUs installed. It's not as convenient to work with as some of the true server cases, eg Supermicro, but it's fine for a home rack.
Options without the lockable front grill will be cheaper. Sometimes it's cheaper to put a hot-swap adapter in fixed mounting than use factory hot swap. Short-depth cases, if you're not running a full-sized mobo or GPU, also cheaper. But rack mounting always comes at a premium, whether you're choosing it for aesthetics or density.
I have two of those cases. They're fine, able to fit a wide variety of hardware. The hot swap bays need 4 pin molex connectors (3 bays, each bay needs 2 connectors, for a total of 6 connectos), which is kinda a pain. They don't really have good rails, but it's workable. The connector and rails issues are fairly easily solvable issues.
You can give the rack mountable cases from Silverstone a look. I am using a RM41-506 with two IcyDock FatCage MB155SP-B.
How are you liking that setup? I was looking at that pairing the other day (it's about time for my 7600K to retire and live out it's life in a nice server upstate), but I wasn't sure if icydock cages were worth the extra cost over the Silverstone ones (plus I wasn't sure if my atx mobo would have enough space).
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