Pros: Simple to install.

Cons: Noisy fans, doesn't link all drives (1 & 4 work, or 2 by itself). Tested against both SATA and SAS ports, all of which happily handle the drives connected directly.

Overall Review: RMAing; hope it's a problem with the unit but other reviews are giving me less hope

Pros: none

Cons: several....please read the entire review here. you would assume it installs as pictured. it does not. the drives mount on their side vertically. some of the "locks" on the drive doors don't stay in place. they tend to slide down unless you mount it so the doors lift up instead of down. had the drives in it less than 24 hours and started having disk problems. the raid controller said I had degrading disks. which were all brand new and all identical. turned out the backplane unit was to blame. when I hooked up the supposed bad drives traditionally they work fine. and I had a couple bays on the enclosure that said there was no drive at all. when in fact there was. also the fans are quite noisy with no way to control the speed.

Overall Review: buy a different brand. not sure which one but don't buy SNT brand. like the old saying goes. "You get what you pay for"

Pros: - Holds 5 drives and only consumes 3 5.25" drive bays. - Requires 3 molex power connectors as opposed to 5 sata power connectors. My power supply has 1 strand of connectors with 3 molex's on it. - Drives insert vertically on their side - 5 side by side. This means you can have the drive doors open either up or down. - Each drive door has a slide lock on it so that it cannot be opened accidentally. - Individual drive lights. Note these are not activity indicators. They just indicate the presence of a drive.

Cons: - Fans are unbearably loud. Do not buy this without the expectation of having to create a custom fan solution. - Even after I installed custom fans and a fan controller (set to low speed), I feel like my box is noticeably louder. Almost like it rattles slightly in my case.

Overall Review: My computer's case has a section at the bottom for holding up to 4 hard drives. It's actually pretty nice, but it makes the hard drives pretty inconvenient to get to. The SNT RAID Cage was a nice solution. The drives are easily accessible and this cage actually holds 1 additional drive so that also provided some room to grow the array. I think I'm going to look to find some ways to pad the cage within my case to see if that helps further with the noise. For fans I purchased these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835168013 I can't seem to find the fan controller on NewEgg any longer, but it controls 3 fans with 1 switch and sits in one of the PCI expansion slots with the switch accessible on the rear of the case. You need to be able to control at least 2 fans with whatever controller you have.

Pros: 5 drives in 3 slots. Clean look. Quality build. This is one of my favorite parts of my file server. I haven't seen anything else that compares.

Cons: As mentioned elsewhere, if your machine has rails for each of the three 5 /14 slots, you're gonna have to cut them or bend them out of the way. I have an Antec 1200 and I had to bend it up a bit for this to fit. After I'm done however, I'll have room for 15 SATA drives!! (+ another 3 slots)

Overall Review: Before getting too committed with a SATA drive, just make sure it's not to tight. If you cram it in the slot too much, you may have a hard time getting it back out. Someone else mentioned they broke the bracket that pulls the drive out. If you work the SATA in, it'll be fine.

Pros: Easy install into an iStarUSA server case. The drives all work fine - I've tried many from 500GB to 1.5TB with no problems. Great price.

Cons: * No hard drive light, but I knew that before purchasing and didn't care. * Some drives require a little wiggling to seat into the trayless slot properly. * As other reviewers have mentioned, the fans are LOUD (see other thoughts).

Overall Review: After some research, I discovered that the fans on my unit were Yong Lin Tech DFC501512H (12V 4000RPM 8.79 CFM 28.88 dB). I don't believe the sound level since they sound MUCH louder than the Link Depot FAN-5015-B I replaced them with. I put a fan controller in and run them at about 3/4 speed. I also tried the Evercool EC5020M12CA but while the 20mm thickness would fit, the screws weren't exactly the right size. They weren't much quieter so I stuck with the Link Depot units.

Pros: Installed in a HTPC. 5 of my 7 1 TB HDDs are installed. Drives run much cooler now. Easy-to-see blue LED indicates drives installed and powered. Installs *very* easily into a tool-less chassis... simply installed two sets of 5.25 drive-rails and slid it into place. Drives install very easily, although (as another review mentioned) the slide covers "feel cheap". Not a big deal, though... A little care is always a good thing when installing HDDs.

Cons: It is loud... fortunately I have the HTPC installed in a closet behind my home-theater setup. No drive activity LEDs... though I knew this when I ordered, it seems like it ought to be included.

Overall Review: wish I'd sprung an extra ~$20 for a model that featured drive activity LEDs.

Pros: works as stated, turn on achi and enjoy hotswapping

Cons: does not goin in case as it is pictured the drives actually stand up on their side instead of laying down. its just a personal preference but I thought it would go in like it was pictured so I subtracted 1 egg for the mounting.

Overall Review: pulled my 3.5 drive tray from my cooler master cosmos s case and put this in, in place its place and love it

Pros: It's the perfect size, easy to install in my 4u rack mount case.

Cons: Several of my hard drives would not fit in the case. I have a mix of WD, Seagate, Hitatchi and Samsung drives. Only a seagate and hitatchi would go in. WD and Samsung were "loose" and would not detect. Trayless is a fail. Bay 5 won't work at all.

Overall Review: Do not buy. It's not saving you any money over a tray model if it doesn't work. I should have payed more attention to other reviews.