SUPERMICRO CSE-M14TB 2.5" mobile rack

Pros: It's supermicro.

Cons: THANK YOU GUMMADOOM

This should be in the manual:
Cable order as followed
drive 0 to cable labeled P4
drive 1 to cable labeled P3
drive 2 to cable labeled P2 (only match)
drive 3 to cable labeled P1

Behind each drive caddy it is numbered 0-3. The cables are marked as above.

I just don't understand why this isn't stated in the manual or why they chose to number as such...

Pros: Sturdy metallic construction. Only uses 1 molex connector for power. Fits every 2.5" drive that I've put in it. Easy to install.

Cons: Drive trays can be difficult to slide in sometimes. Loud fan.

Other Thoughts: I bought this, so I could have easy access to the 2 HDDs and 2 SSDs in my computer. Installation was straight-forward, and easy. I really like the special SAS cable that came with the unit, because it keeps all my data cables together. The trays can be difficult to slide into the unit sometimes and the fan is fairly loud, but I did not think it was necessary to take away any eggs for those minor issues.

Pros: with another system requiring quick access of sata III ssds, i purchased another.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: to the reviewer with activity light issues, supermicro tech support was correct: it comes down to the drives, and the motherboard ports/hba/raid card used, if and when and how activity will be registered regarding this bays lights. thank you newegg for carrying this product at a great price!

Pros: Does disk I/O without errors.

Cons: Power & activity LEDs do not come on.
Tray insertion/extraction is very difficult, imprecise.
Very noisy cooling fan.

Other Thoughts: Tech support was unable to solve the problem of per-tray power & activity LEDs not lighting up. They conveniently blame it on the motherboard. Mechanically, it's a poor product. The tray design makes insertions and extractions a struggle, a trial-and-error every single time. It features the noisiest cooling fan I have ever heard, so much I had to disable it. I returned the product and bought a StarTech SATSASBAY425, which is perfect.

Pros: perfect solution for my raided ssds (one signal cable in from the raid card, one molex to power all drives). quality pcb and tray components. for the price, this is the one to get.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: some might find the fan a bit loud. i removed mine. if you do remove/disable the fan, remember to disable the unit's alarm. this unit has an alarm that will warn the user that the fan is not functioning. pretty neat.

Pros: Great space saver. Saved me from using 8 slots with adapters to seat 8 2.5 inch SSDs. Simplified power cabling mess too. I got 8 drives in 2 slots. Not bad!

Cons: I took off the small fan at back for my 4 SSD to reduce noise (they don't make much heat and my case is a wind tunnel to start with. Cable provided has 8484 connector which made it difficult to connect to my Areca RAID controller and needed special cabling. I would be fine to connect to motherboard for most as the other end was SATA.

Other Thoughts: I have had a couple of times were a drive has fallen off line and it needed to be reseated. My RAID then simply fixed itself but if this was critical data on single drive I would have been more than upset.

Pros: First off, I'm buying one. Second, it appears to me the cable to use when connecting to a sas raid card, sff-8087 for example would be the sff-8484 to sff-8087, sold here on newegg, made by adaptec. this better work.

Cons: we'll see.

Other Thoughts: I should have written this after I bought and setup all the hardware. Sorry guys :p

Pros: Solid construction. The best feeling and looking SSD cage I have bought to date.

Cons: Comes with a proprietary cable that will not work with my 3Ware Raid controller. A previous reviewer stated they make alternate cables...I will investigate.

Other Thoughts: 1 Egg deducted for the special cable

Pros: Good use of a 5-1/4" slot. Trays slide well.

Cons: Fan moves a ton of air, but is very very loud. I had to disable it.

Pros: Solid drive caddies, easy installation, well built product. We switched over to using these in our arrays after trying one, as the drive insertion and removal works correctly.

Cons: need a specialty cable to connect it to internal SAS cards, and extra caddies are only available direct from Super Micro as an RMA part sale. This is fairly normal, so no egg rating loss, and they are standard to get.

Other Thoughts: We have several arrays in the field, and are slowly trying to go to a 2.5" solution for space and power solutions. We are now using these exclusively for our systems, as they are VERY stable in a rough environment (field work), and are still one of the least pricey units with a good quality level.