MB998IP-B

Works like a charm. Solid metal design, good airflow above and below for each slot, and a single power connector for all four (separate SATA data cables, one sata-power cable). Being me, I took the thing apart. Five screws and the backplane comes off, one more and its circuit board can be taken out and examined. Totally trivial, very well seated and secured... notches into the frame... zero wiggle room (good!). I counted 9 capacitors on the power distribution bus so they didn't cut any corners there. Inserting an HDD did not glitch the power for the other drives that were already in. I give the backplane a big thumbs up for design and engineering. The drive bays are solid. Considering that we are cramming four 2.5" drives into a 5.25" enclosure, the design is very good. The bottom of each bay drops out a little to give the bottom of the drive a little space. The areas near the screw holes are flush, though, but it didn't seem to have any issues mounting the seagate HDDs I had without a plastic protector (clearance on the HDD drive mounts is about 1mm to the drive's circuit board). It is not screwless... requires four screws (flatheads are included). Two are round holes, two are oval. Not sure why they didn't use round for all four but the two round holes are near the connector side so the drive's connector is guaranteed to be properly aligned. Easycakes, and honestly you only need to use two screws (in the round holes nearest the connector) anyway. The fan is the only downside, being small and noisy, but I still give the device 5 stars for several reasons. First, they included a fan control switch (OFF, LOW, HIGH settings). Second, airflow looks good for all four slots. In terms of the fan control, no point ever using 'HIGH'. Just use LOW or OFF. The LOW setting is definitely audible which is unfortunate but there isn't a whole lot of room on the design side considering the fan has to fit the height. On the plus side, not only is there an 'OFF' position (if you have SSDs, you don't need the fan), but if the case itself has good airflow you can physically remove the fan with two simple screws to open it up and allow the case airflow to handle any cooling requirements. The fan's power able goes to a connector and just pulls off, so its easy to remove. In fact, if you really wanted to and didn't want the hot-swap, you could unscrew the whole backplane and just use it as four permanent slots. Silly I know, but the case is so well engineered that it has that flexibility if you wanted it. Fan tests, Four 1TB Seagate HDDs. Writing mean all four drives writing continuously for 20 minutes or so. Temperatures taken using SMART info (all four returned the same temp within +/- 1C): idle, low fan: 26C Idle, no fan: 27C (i.e. PC case fan only, no direct airflow) writing, high fan: 38C writing, low fan: 41C writing, no fan: 47C (i.e. PC case fan only, no direct airflow) So with all those features and easy modding, ICY gets 5 stars. ADDENDUM - I had one issue with the dock. On one of the machines I used longer screws to mount the dock in the bay. They turned out to be too long and infringed on the tray area, causing damage to one of the trays which I didn't realize until I tried to pull the tray out and couldn't. This was my own fault. So remember to use the low-profile screws that come with the unit... or at least make sure they don't infringe the bays. ADDENDUM2 - If you purchase your own 40mm fan you may not be able to use the LOW setting. Depending on the fan, it might not startup unless you use the HIGH setting. I still definitely recommend purchasing your own low-noise 40mm fan and not using the cheap noisy one that comes with the unit. You don't need much airflow to cool HDDs (and don't need any at all for SSDs), so find the quietest 40mm fan you can and you will be a happy camper. The only downside to the unit is having to screw the drives into the hot-swap trays... in particular, losing the screws for the trays you aren't using atm. I recommend storing the unused screws in their plastic bag IN one of the unused trays. -Matt

Been running this ToughArmor for about 8 months now in my Lenovo P520 and it's been rock solid. Was initially torn between this and some cheaper alternatives, but the full metal construction and MiniSAS HD connectors sold me - glad I spent the extra money. Installation was pretty painless once I figured out the cable routing. Fits perfectly in two 5.25" bays, though you'll want to make sure your case has enough depth. The included SAS cables are good quality and the connectors feel solid. My only minor gripe is that the mounting screws could be a bit longer - had to be careful not to cross-thread them. Hot-swap functionality works exactly as advertised. I've pulled drives while the system was running multiple times with no issues. The individual drive status LEDs are bright enough to see clearly, and the activity indicators actually help when troubleshooting. Build quality is genuinely impressive - this thing feels like it could survive a small earthquake. Running a mix of Samsung 870 EVOs and some older Intel enterprise SSDs with no compatibility issues. Temps stay reasonable even under heavy load, though I do have decent case airflow. The drive trays slide smoothly and lock securely - no wobbling or loose connections. Only real downside is the price, but you get what you pay for. This isn't for casual users - if you're just looking to add a couple drives to your gaming PC, there are cheaper options. But if you're building a proper server or NAS and need reliable hot-swap capability, this is worth every penny. Would definitely buy again for future builds. ICY DOCK clearly knows what they're doing with enterprise-grade storage solutions.

Works great for me after tech support figured out that the enterprise SAS drives I had would not start up due to a 3.3V signal applied to the PWDIS pin. The fix was to use a molex to SATA power cable that doesn't include a 3.3V power source. I currently have a number of SAS 4.0 drives working correctly at the max speed of 22.5Gb. Sometimes the latch pops open when the drive is loaded, which is a bit annoying, but they seem to be holding correctly for now.

Used for a desktop storage array where low volume high IOPS (all inexpensive SSDs) were needed. Case arrived slightly damaged (bent frame prevented a caddy from ejecting, easily bent back). Bought this for the high density in a single 5.25" bay. The power connectors wont mate well with a daisy chained power cable; use a splitter instead. Suggest having a cable management strategy before buying, including measuring the necessary SATA cable lengths. Have not yet fully tested all drive bays, but no issues with 4/8 populated. Also, note that some 2.5" SSDs (and maybe HDDs) are thicker than others. This will not fit thicker drives. It works fine with the Samsung and Crucial SSDs I had. The drive caddys are OK, but their insertion is sloppy. There is little in the way of guidance without the adjacent bays being populated; be careful and gentle when inserting even empty caddys. The price I originally paid ($136) is excessive, but alternatives are limited. I like the all metal construction, but if the price were lower I'd have bought another. The fans were garbage and I eventually replaced them with two noctua brand fans that were quieter and of higher quality. For $250 this is an absolute rip off if you're using SSDs. I would sooner let my SSDs dangle in the case and have to crack it open to replace them once in the next 3-5 years than pay for this overpriced product. Used without issue with a cheap LSI 9260-8i. I recommend buying more modern card if you can afford it to better take advantage of the increased connectivity this bay offers.

Le produit est conforme à ce que j'attendais, très professionnel et bien fini. Mais il est trop bruyant pour un usage domestique (2 x Ventilo 40mm).

Per implementare i dischi nel server

Attention, Attention ! ce boitier Convient uniquement pour disques dur de 7mm d’épaisseur (soit du SSD soit SATA slim). Il ne convient pas pour la plupart des disques SAS ou SATA (plus épais). Le fournisseur refuse de remplacer et mem de le remplace. Equipe support pas très courtoise ou coopérative.

Comprato qualche anno fa (2022) e penso siano maturi i tempi per una recensione ponderata. Il rack ha 4 baie per HD/SSD da 2,5 pollici. Si alloggia facilmente all'interno della torre di un PC da tavolo occupando una baia da 5 1/4 pollici. Il collegamento della cavistica (non in dotazione) alla scheda madre non è affatto difficile. L'inserimento degli HD/SSD è facilitato da una slitta su cui si monta l'HD/SDD (procuratevi delle viti per il fissaggio degli stessi perché non in dotazione), facendola scorrere, poi, all'interno dell'alloggiamento finché non si chiude il portellino con uno scatto finale. Ogni baia si apre con un pulsante, premendo sul quale, oltre ad aprire il portellino, si sgancia la slitta e l'HD/SSD dal fondo pronto per l'estrazione. Si dice che si possano anche fare delle disconnessioni dei dischi a caldo, ma devo dire che non l'ho mai provato. Il rack è anche dotato di una piccola ventolina per raffreddare gli HD/SDD, che non risulta affatto rumorosa.

Quelques étoiles en moins à cause du bruit de ventilation. Comme j'ai installé le dock dans un boitier tour lui même ventilé j'ai juste déconnecté les ventilateurs pour retrouver un silence en or.