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Hot-swap any 3.5in SATA hard drive easily from any computer with a 5.25in bay - This 3.5in SATA hard drive hot-swap bay allows you to install a 3.5in SATA drive in an available/unused 5.25in drive bay. To remove the drive, it's as simple as opening the front panel door; to re-insert a drive, simply insert the drive (connector first) until the door closes. The hot swap bay offers a trayless design that makes it the ideal solution for quick and easy drive removals and insertions as part of a system building process, or integration into rackmount systems or industrial environments. To maximize performance and utilize the full speed potential of your SATA III hard drives, this HDD Backplane supports SATA III for transfer speeds up to 6 Gbps when paired with compatible controller. Also a perfect addition for operating system image deployment and any task that requires being able to quickly access large volumes of data on the fly, the hot swap bay provides everything you need to expedite important projects while maintaining a reliable storage solution. With support for SATA HDD speeds up to 6.0 Gbps, the mobile rack/backplane is fully compatible with RAID installations to ensure maximum performance and versatility for enhanced storage applications. Designed to provide a durable and reliable operating experience, the mobile rack features a 50,000+ insertion rating and is backed by StarTech.com's 2-year warranty.
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I can't add anything beyond the title. It's a tray-less hard drive drawer for sata drives. I put it in and it works. I'll probably order 2 more for my data drives.
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I bought 3 and on one the door will not close without a lot of force. The other 2 have problems that the disk and tray connectors do not always align. Some disks work better than others. When it does not align it is difficult to tell that it happened except that the disk is not recognized. I will return the 1 with the door problem. The other 2 are in a client's working equipment that I will not be able to change out to another type until about 2 months. I will probably not be able to return these.
I have been using this rack in Windows 7 with 1TB Western Digital drives. This device actually works better than I expected. You don't have to use much force to open and close the door so swapping drives is effortless. The drive slides very smoothly in and out of the rack. It appears a bit flimsy out of the case due to the rubber mounts, but is solid once installed.
There's a drive activity light, but the only reason to use this is if your case lacked its own--and even then it would show activity on any drive connected to the mainboard and defeat the purpose. I can see how this might present a problem for some people that might want to safely remove the drive in the rack while having activity on other drives. This isn't an issue for me personally so I did not take off any stars, but this is definitely something to consider before purchasing. I'm not sure if other racks offer a better solution, but I would imagine that might add additional cost to the unit.
My only complaint is one of aesthetics and is very minor. The transparent label you see on the right is easily removed, but the silkscreened image on the left is permanent. I would have liked a clean faceplate.
I would definitely recommend this product.
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This little tray does exactly what I need: an option to insert/remove my SATA backup drive whenever I needed. Granted, if you don't have hot swap support, you will need to turn off the computer first.
Pros: - Nicely build for the price - Sliding mechanism is easy to use - The drive is lockable - Easy install. You don't really need a manual in order to install this. Installs like a regular CD-ROM with 4 screws.
Cons: - There is no activity light. Useless wire plug is provided for the motherboard's activity light.
All in all great HD tray for the price.
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Got a bunch of these for me and my friends. We are pack rats and are always running out of storage spaces. This solves all the problem. Fill up one drive. take it out and put it away and install a new one. The only potential problem is if your case uses a rail mounting system for the 5 1/4" bay. The rubber shock mount linking the inner drive bay to the outer mounting plates is a bit soft and the mounting rail may not snap into place. Easy solution is to put a piece of firm foam in between the inner drive bay and the outer mounting plate.
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The device works well, however there are a few caveats.
The SATA port on the back is NOT LOCKING. Locking cables do not help here. The non locking nature can pose a problem potentially. Secure your sata line with a zip tie if you're worried.
Secondly, The device is not enclosed. This means if any cables in your case dip into the area - it can block a drive from entering or worse, accidentally bump or unplug a cable in your case causing the system to go down, or data loss. Keep your case tidy folks.
Otherwise - it works great. The vibration mount is a nice touch, even in a screwless case. Insertion forces are low and problem free. Devices go in easily without jiggling. Fairly reliable connections. I just wish they made the sata port on the back locking.
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First of all, you have to understand that there is great value to being able to simply slide a spare drive into your machine, clone, and then remove it. Advantage 1 is that a backup doesn't do you much good if its in your machine, and the whole machine gets fried by an electrical surge. Second, cloning often takes 1/2 the time of making a "disk image". But in modern operating systems, you can't really have identically cloned drives in the machine simultaneously (barring raid controllers of course), so for cloning OSs like XP, you need to be able to remove the drive after the clone is created anyway.
Before Serial ATA drives, it was pretty easy to get a tray type 'slide in' solution for a backup IDE drive, though you still had to go through the extra step of installing the drive into the removable drawer. When the serial ATAs came around, there wasn't anything like that for a while. There seem to be a few now, but what I like about this one is you don't have to 'install" the drive in a separate drawer like enclosure. Rather, you can just open the tray (installed in your desktop), slide in the Serial ATA drive, and close the door. What could be easier? (of course, all disk swapping should still be done with the machine powered down).
The physical construction seems a bit flimsy, but it certainly is adequate to the task, and seems to work flawlessly every time. As others have commented, the drive comes with an activity LED that terminates in a connector, and is fairly useless unless your motherboard has a pair of pins specifically to support an external activity LED. So that was a feature that wasn't really thought out. But other than that, its a great solution to making the process of making backups, and then moving them to a safe location.
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