Mounting a 2.5″ hard drive in slim floppy bay
by nathan on May.08, 2009, under Hardware
I have been looking for a way to move to removable 2.5″ boot/root disks on our servers. I am using all of the 3.5″ removable trays for storage leaving only a slim floppy bay in the case.
Supermicro 836S2-R800V
After much searching I found Thermaltake ST0002Z, a dual 2.5″ hot swap enclosure that mounts in a standard 3.5 inch floppy bay.
Thermaltake ST0002Z
The two hot swap bays are actually 2 units that are bolted together making it very easy to take this apart and get yourself a nice 2.5 inch SATA bay that will fit in a slim floppy bay.
June 4th, 2009 on 3:08 pm
Hi, good post. I have been woondering about this issue,so thanks for posting. I’ll definitely be coming back to your site.
August 17th, 2009 on 9:48 pm
I think this is (way) better alternative.
http://www.acmemicro.com/estore/merchant.ihtml?pid=6996&lastcatid=390&step=4
Or do a google search for
“HDD kit – one 2.5 inch HDD SAS/SATA hot-swap in one slim Floppy bay”
I just ordered the item and I don’t know exactly how it is going to work out, but by the picture posted, looks like a winner to me…
September 13th, 2009 on 11:58 am
Sure is, thanks!