It's older v1 version with Mini-SAS HD SFF-8643, but looks like good price. Not to me as much, as I'm based in EU.
The seller says he has 8 pieces.
The seller says he has 8 pieces.
A single plug would be problematic yes, it does use 2 plugs tho.Questionable matter with all these IcyDocks is about powering up drives with single SATA-15pin power plug.
Always thought that y specs single plug can deliver up to 30W.
Good catch! I'm getting older.A single plug would be problematic yes, it does use 2 plugs tho.
One sata or molex connector for 4 LFF spinners is not uncommon, that is pretty standard for cases with 1 pcb per 4LFF row especialy.
That's not how that works...2 plugs has a combined 108W max draw on 12v
Feels like you are talking about loads over the 4.5A rating, there is a peak load rating that is higher than 4.5A.That's not how that works...
If you are using the maximum rated power for more than 1 second every 10(?) you are out of spec.[1]
Many older U.2 drives will HAPPILY chug down 25w constantly, which would be WAY out of spec for those pins.
Heck, it can even be a problem for a SINGLE drive when using the injection molded connectors instead of the vampire tap style ones, because those are rated for WAY less continuous power.
[1] I'd have to go look up the specifications again. I have it around somewhere. If I recall right it's 1 second max at 10%. Those pins need time to dissipate heat...
The peak load is 1.5A per 12v pin.Feels like you are talking about loads over the 4.5A rating, there is a peak load rating that is higher than 4.5A.
I liked Icydock products when they started out. However, I don't think that 10%-25% cost ratio of enclosure to the nvme drives it holds is a good price.It's older v1 version with Mini-SAS HD SFF-8643, but looks like good price.
You can peak above the 4.5A across the 3 pins.The peak load is 1.5A per 12v pin.
There are 3x pins each for 12v, 5v, and 3.3v.
They quoted 108w combined power on the 12v lines for 2x connectors, which is correct, if we are talking about peak load.
Continuous load is supposed to be well below that.
Sure, when 3D printers will print backplanes tooI’ve got one of their 16-bay SATA enclosures and these I don’t think are as easy to replace with zip ties.
I’m reasonably confident icydock’s entire portfolio can be replaced these days with access to a 3d printer.
Have you ever had 8 SSDs hanging from cables inside the case before? Sure one or two that's fine. You start getting above 2 drives you start running into all kinds of issues, such as power splitters and all the wonder they are for drive placement. Not all cases have room to mount 8 plus drives, even using the 3M tape method.That’s what cables are for…It can’t possibly be that common for a home lab user to be hot swapping disks, so for the few times every decade when it becomes necessary I don’t think it should be overly burdensome to have to fiddle with cables and curse under one’s breath that a backplane would make things easier.
Since even the cables to interface between an HBA/motherboard and a backplane are so damned expensive there’s probably little financial incentive to prefer a backplane over a fistful of 1:1 drive cables.
So if the financial and ease-of-use arguments are essentially moot then the only remaining argument in favor of a backplane is airflow. I won’t hazard a guess as to the financial or effs-given value of airflow but I assume for the vast majority of homelab users the 3d printed drive cage would probably be preferred.
In the world of consumer hardware you won't find that as there are not enough PCIe lanes to drive 8 drives (we're talking about a NVMe enclosure after all).Have you ever had 8 SSDs hanging from cables inside the case before?