cpjitservices Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Any one using these ? Icy Dock Internal 4 Bay SATA Hard Disk Enclosure (Removable Hard Disk Caddy) | eBay Quite fancy getting hold of one for my home grown servers that run RAID configs... Not cheap though.....
synaesthesia Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Bought one of those for myself a few years back (got rid) and there's a pair of them sitting in one of our backup servers - they work really rather well and have done for a fair few years.
cpjitservices Posted October 6, 2014 Author Posted October 6, 2014 Yes, Definitely liking the look of them seem simple to install too. Just need to get hold of some cheap
ChrisH Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) I was looking at something similar to them last week, very tempted. Edited October 6, 2014 by ChrisH
cpjitservices Posted October 6, 2014 Author Posted October 6, 2014 Scan have them... but let me tell you.. they aren't cheap. Thats whats putting me off... been looking all over for something similar cheaper but not looking good so far.
cpjitservices Posted October 6, 2014 Author Posted October 6, 2014 I'm presuming... that the dock will fit into any 5.25" bay ?
caffrey Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 I know X-case do some hotswaps e.g Pc Cases UK X-Case 5 in 3 Hotswap Caddy V2- Fits in 3 x 5.25 Bays - SATA III 3.5" and 2.5" by X-Casefor £49.99 Pc Computer Cases
synaesthesia Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Just have to be careful - some cases don't just have 3 straight through bays, often with little shelfs sticking out between them which will fall foul of such products. Bring back the old Coolermaster Stackers. Could have 4 of those bays in those beasts and still enough room for an optical & floppy!
dhicks Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Any one using these ? Yes - I've built a couple of backup servers with them in the past. I think this one used single bays: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/hardware/68446-server-chasis-homemade-nas.html but the case was good - the Antec 1200, with 12 5.25" bays, plenty of room for multiple drive caddies. If this is for a home device, bear in mind the Icy Dock devices aren't the quietest - they are compact units and the cooling fans are a bit small and buzzy. Personally, for my home server I've gone for a 5-disk array in one of these: 5-Bay HD Test Rack CF-B3053BB Testing chassis for 5x Hard Drive Buy now on SPAN.COM You need to add a power supply, a bunch of cables and cable ties. Startech's site might come in handy - the harddrive caddies section is worth looking through, just to get an idea of the kind of thing that's available: Data Storage Products | StarTech.com United Kingdom
dhicks Posted October 8, 2014 Posted October 8, 2014 Just looking back through that thread, it was the Chenbro 5-drive caddy I bought in the end: LinITX.com - Chenbro 5 x 3.5" HDD Hot-Swap Bays - Fits in 3 x 5.25" ODD Bays They're not in stock at LinITX, but might be availabel elsewhere.
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