Re: Linux raid-like idea

[Ram Ramesh <rramesh2400@gmail.com>]

On 9/15/20 1:07 PM, John Stoffel wrote:
>>>>>> "Roger" == Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@gmail.com> writes:
>>> I've been looking at them for a while now, but hesitating
>>> because... not sure why.  I'm using a CoolerMaster case with five
>>> 5.25" bays, plus a 3.5" bay external, and another three or four
>>> internal 3.5" bays.  Works great.  Nice and plain and not flashing
>>> lights or other bling.  And not too loud either.  Which is good.
>>>
>>> But I've used crappy drive cages before, crappy hot swap ones.  Not
>>> good.  And I think it's time I just went with a 4U rack mount with a
>>> bunch of hot swap bays, if I could only find one that wasn't an arm
>>> and a leg.
>>>
> Roger> I have had good luck with the ICY DOCK brand how swap I have 4
> Roger> different 4 bay-3bay ones spanning 6+ years and they all seem
> Roger> to just work.  And each newer version seemed to have improved
> Roger> design from the prior ones (plugs easier to get to, and such).
>
> Thanks for the recommendation!  I'll be looking at these for
> sure. Just wish my case could hold two of them.  It would be nice if
> they made a 2.5 x 5.25" to 4 x 3.5" disk carrier, so I could stuff two
> of them into my 5 exposed 5.25" bays.  *grin*
John,

   Drive cages come in varity of sizes. You have 1 to 1, 2 to 3, 3 to 4 
and 4 to 5. Mix and match to fill all 5 bays with best density of 3.5 
inch bays.  Here is one example and I am sure you can find many.

https://www.newegg.com/p/pl?d=hot+swap+bay&N=100007599%20600551589&name=SSD+%2F+HDD+Accessories&Order=4

I have three cages, two istar and 1 icy doc. My icy dock lost one bay. 
The others are holding a bit better. So, YMMV. However, expect them to 
have noisy fans. You may want to change to quieter/reliable ones.


Regards
Ramesh