StarTech - HSB220SAT25B - 2 Drive 2.5in Trayless Hot Swap SATA Mobile Rack Backplane

This 3.5in SATA hard drive hot-swap bay allows you to install two 2.5in SATA (SATA, SATA II, SATA III-6Gbps) hard drives (HDD) or solid state drives (SSD) in an available/unused 3.5in floppy drive bay.

Featuring a convenient "no mounting required /easy eject" feature (like a tape cartridge or floppy disk), the hard drive hot swap bay doesn't require that the drives be installed in a tray - making 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.

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, this backplane is fully compatible with RAID installations to ensure maximum performance and versatility for enhanced storage applications.

StarTech.com Advantage

• Quickly and easily install or remove HDD/SSD without having to open the chassis with the innovative trayless design
• Aluminum construction and 50,000+ insertion rating ensures longevity from both the HDD/SSD and bay
• Backed by a StarTech.com 2-year warranty and free lifetime technical support

Features

• Holds up to two SATA drives in a single 3.5" bay
• Trayless design: drives are not mounted into separate trays/enclosures
• Includes a plastic protective film for the bottom side of hard drive
• Aluminum construction
• 50,000+ insertion rating
• Power/Activity LED for each drive
• Fully supports SATA revision 1/2/3 (1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps) drives and controllers
• Supports 2.5" form factor SATA hard drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD)
• Plug-and-Play and Hot-Swap compatible

Applications

• IT environments where you just need to quickly insert/replace removable hard drives/solid state drives
• Imaging - For System Builders or configuring new systems - Use Hot Swap Bay in master system to copy Windows OS quickly to blank hard drive as part of system building process
• Ideal for RAID applications (with RAID supported SATA controller)