4x ssd in 5.25” drivebay - experiences?

[maze]

need to use my 3.5” slots for spindels so looking for one of these. Any inputs? - considering icy-dock but what about the single 40mm? Is it enough for cooling 4x enterprise ssds?

 

[zack$]

I think it depends on the drives and the interface. Sata should be the safest with the icy dock bays.

FWIW, I wouldn't put S630DCs in there....they require extreme levels of cooling!!

 

[itronin]

I have 6 x Icy Dock MB994SP-4S (SAS/SATA) in a Corsair Carbide 300r. 12 400GB SAS SSD's and 12 600GB SAS 10K spinners in them.



This bay has 2 x 40mm fans and IIRC are temp speed controlled. I think this unit has been discontinued but a quick search of eBay shows about a dozen used from 50-100 shipped. Icy Dock has a new dual 5.25" to 8 x 2.5" that is SAS/SATA that uses SFF-8643 instead of SATA and SATA power instead of molex, there is an 80mm fan and speed select switch on this new unit.

the biggest challenge for me when I went shopping in the fall was finding a 4 x 2.5" unit that supported 15mm drives and SAS / SATA (6G for both).

I also have anMB996SP-6SB which is SATA only with six WD Red 1TB's in there. Its offline but temps on those drives were consistent with the above disk array even with its single 40mm fan (but slower drives). It was onsale with a MIR so I picked one up. I don't find it as flexible as the the MB994SP-4S and the cabling is more inconvenient than the 4 bay in a high density install.

 

[azev]

For those who are familiar with icydock product, do you know if backplane on the mobile rack support 12gb sas ?? I am very interested in the new dual 5.25" bay with 8 drives with SFF-8643 but their website only claim speed up to 6Gbps.

 

[Netwerkz101]

Is it enough for cooling 4x enterprise ssds?

Provide the make/model of the enterprise SSD drives you plan to use.
Until then .. "should be" / "could be" would be my guess.

I think it depends on the drives and the interface.

This.
I assume SATA/SAS since relevant info was omitted in OP.

the biggest challenge for me when I went shopping in the fall was finding a 4 x 2.5" unit that supported 15mm drives and SAS / SATA (6G for both).

This too.

Assuming SATA/SAS and the need for 15mm height clearance, i'd look at something like these:

BP-SAC1425AVL12 | athenapower.com (SFF-8643 connector)
BP-SAC1425AVL | athenapower.com

 

[maze]

Yeah.. guess i should have noted the models.

Two are Intel s3710 400GB and the last ones are Samsung 960gig MZ-7LM9600

 

[Netwerkz101]

Two are Intel s3710 400GB and the last ones are Samsung 960gig MZ-7LM9600

Google Fu shows:
Both the Intel and Samsung drives are 7mm in height, so you can pretty much fit them in any #x2.5" to 5.25" cage.
Intel average power consumption 5.4w while Samsung ~3-4w (PM863/MZ-7LM960) - couldn't see MZ-7LM9600.

I've had the 8-bay ToughArmor MB998SP-B populated with 8 Samsung 850 EVO (~3w) drives without any noticeable heat issues.
I had removed the fans off the ToughArmour unit too.
They were in a well-ventilated case and then moved to a rack with only front-to-back airflow.
Never did any break-in or perf testing for any period of time though.

If you only need 4 in 1 5.25" space, I'd go for the cage units that support 4 x 15mm drives.
The extra height can mean better air flow.
Alternately you could get a 8 bay unit and leave an open slot between drives.

Personally, i am always very quick to drill holes and/or add low flow fans to anything
I think will generate heat/not have good air flow.

 

[maze]

Went with the mb994sp-4sb-1 - which was the model thats available here it seems.

Fingers crossed it'll work as intended