- Easy trayless removal and insertion of dual 2.5in SATA hard drives from a single 3.5in bay
- 2 Drive 2.5in Trayless Hot Swap SATA Mobile Rack Backplane
- Dual Drive SATA Mobile Rack Enclosure for 3.5 HDD
- SATA backplane
- sata mobile rack
- sata enclosure
- 2.5in hot swap bay
- SATA hot swap
- Aluminum construction
- Supports SATA revision I/II/III (1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps)
- Plug-and-Play and Hot-Swap compatible
- $48.99 –
- $3.99 Shipping (restrictions apply)
Very useful, does what you think
07/28/2010
This review is from: StarTech.com HSB220SAT25B 2 Drive 2.5in Trayless Hot Swap SATA Mobile Rack Backplane - Dual Drive SATA Mobile Rack Enclosure for 3.5 HDD
Pros:
- Two 2.5" drives fit in a single 3.5" slot; saves case space
- No need for any additional adapters (assuming you have a free 3.5" bay, of course)
- Hot swappable* (see below)
Cons:
- Slightly expensive
- No security locking mechanism
Overall Review:
This dual-tray setup is extremely useful, I use one bay for a boot drive and the second as a removable backup drive. You must make certain your BIOS has been set to AHCI mode for hot-swap support. Otherwise, the computer must be off when you swap. Drives slide in and out easily, there is a latching mechanism on the doors but no locking mechanism. One time (note: ONE time) I accidentally pulled out my system drive and crashed my computer; I'd like to see some way to security or "hard" lock the bays so I'd have to go through an extra step to get the drive(s) out when I wanted, to avoid any accidents. Overall, an extremely useful product, every 2.5" SSD (I have 3 from different manufacturers) and 2.5" hard drive (I have 7 from 4 different manufacturers) all fit perfectly and have worked beautifully. Highly recommended, would like to see a few bucks knocked off but I guess you can divide the price by two and get the amount it costs to manage each drive.
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