Based on an r210 II I'm currently doing up
- Orico HB-325 3.5 to 2.5 inch Hard Drive Caddy - don't even bother. Could be useful in a CRU sled, but I don't have a dell one to hand.
- SilverStone SDP08B 3.5" to 2 x 2.5" Drive Bay Converter Getting better, but all four screws don't align in the dell caddy
- SilverStone SDP08B, 3.5" to 3 x 2.5" Drive Bay Converter Absolutely perfect.
random info I thought may be useful to others
13 Comments
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I just use double stick tape, or a loop of packing tape...
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I'm suddenly reminded of a mate who suspended his hdd on a rubber band. It went very well until the PC environs destroyed the rubber. damned thing snapped half his DIMMs on the way down
Blaster_M@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
well, a hard drive is a bad idea to just band in, those are heavy bois, a ssd though...
Taleya@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 2y
...is still a bad idea because the issue is an unstable mount ill suited to the environs
Nollij@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y
As a practical matter, the only real need is to make sure there isn't too much stress on the cables. Tape, Velcro, a bit of cardboard, etc are all valid approaches. Temperature could be a concern, but probably not
Krafting@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Doesn't aliexpress has the same kind of stuff for cheaper? I mean for caddies, it doesn't need to be really high quality
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Probably. Feel free to find your own that fit. I'm just going by what I've tested that works for secure drive mounting.
evidences@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Man, 17 bucks per drive is pretty steep.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
It's not per drive. Those all hold multiple drives.
evidences@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Ahhhhh, ok.
computergeek125@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Is this for a workstation or server platform? I didn't think the servers had an option to mount two drives per caddy.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Gonna be a proxmox with a couple of jobbing boxes (nothing huge, mostly OS' and testbeds that aren't worth building a box for). Mine has two 3.5" internal bays, and five SATA ports
computergeek125@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
EDIT: I take back what I said, I missed a detail when I was did my first check. My thought process had a bad assumption, sorry about that.
Ah I forgot a detail to that question, but I think you answered it.Since you said Dell, I was curious if you meant a rack mount server chassis or tower workstation - the 210 RAID card operates in both chassis.By that port count I'm guessing this is a Precision tower of some variety.