WTB: 5.25 Hotswap SATA/SAS Bay / RAID Card / Cables

[iShopStaples]

I̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶a̶d̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶o̶t̶-̶s̶w̶a̶p̶ ̶3̶.̶5̶"̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶2̶.̶5̶"̶ ̶S̶A̶S̶ ̶d̶r̶i̶v̶e̶s̶ ̶(̶a̶s̶ ̶w̶e̶l̶l̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶S̶A̶T̶A̶)̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶d̶e̶s̶k̶t̶o̶p̶.̶ ̶U̶n̶f̶o̶r̶t̶u̶n̶a̶t̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶I̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶5̶.̶2̶5̶ ̶s̶l̶o̶t̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶l̶i̶m̶i̶t̶s̶ ̶m̶y̶ ̶o̶p̶t̶i̶o̶n̶s̶.̶ ̶M̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶b̶o̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶d̶o̶e̶s̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶S̶A̶S̶ ̶c̶a̶p̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶i̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶s̶o̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶n̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶a̶ ̶R̶A̶I̶D̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶c̶o̶r̶r̶e̶s̶p̶o̶n̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶c̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶h̶o̶o̶k̶ ̶u̶p̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶H̶D̶D̶ ̶e̶n̶c̶l̶o̶s̶u̶r̶e̶/̶c̶a̶g̶e̶.̶ ̶ ̶

W̶i̶l̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶p̶u̶r̶c̶h̶a̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶e̶p̶a̶r̶a̶t̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶.̶

Turns out my 5.25" Bay is blocked internally so throwing this idea out the window

Now looking for any external enclosure/shelf and corresponding HBA/RAID card to connect it.

 

[Peanuthead]

Any specifics on what you want the RAID card to support?

 

[iShopStaples]

6Gbps plus would prefer something that wouldn't be limited by HDD capacity.

 

[zer0gravity]

YGPM

 

[iShopStaples]

Updated OP - turns out I can't fit a 5.25" bay so will need to go external.