2.5 hotswap back plane suggestions

I'm using this to hold 3 ssds in my system. The unit is very similar to the one you listed. It works great, 1 nice feature is you can easily disable the internal fan without hacking any cables etc (just pull out the jumper)
 
Pretty sure all the cages are made by the same manufacturer.

I have the SNT one, but the C one that supports SAS drives. I currently have 4xSeagate 10K.2s and no rattles (though with SSD... doesn't matter), drives are working fine. I'm going to up it to 8 in a few minutes. Just don't slam the cages in and out and you'll be fine.

By the way Directron sells the C http://www.directron.com/sntsata1842c.html?gsear=1 for $49.99, in case you're in a Newegg Tax state.
 
Oh one thing about the SNT, which is probably true for the other ones, is the screws that mount the cage to the case, are short (pretty much have to be), so if your case is abnormally thick, you may run into a little trouble.
 
If you want high quality, get the Supermicro one and remove the fan off the back.
 
That certainly would be it. Only remove the fan if you are going to be running SSDs however.
 
Not sure. You could just unplug it, though that's only due to noise. If you don't care about that, then I wouldn't even bother messing with it.
 
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