Drive cages?

[wkearney99]

Anyone's 5-in-3 SATA cages worth considering?

Right now, and for the past 7 years or so, I've got a number of drives in individual CRU Dataport carriers (3.5" drive in 5.25" bay). Can't beat their cooling as they keep the drives to within 2 degrees max operating temp compared to a bare drive out of case entirely. Without being crazy loud either. I've got enough case space to allow for them, most of my 4U rack cases have 5 forward bays free; usually 3 & 2 or 3 & 3

But I'm wondering about consolidating some of this stuff and want to know what's out there these days. Anyone's 5-in-3 or other variations worth considering Which to avoid?

 

[drescherjm]

I really like SuperMicro 5in3s (very high quality) however they are crazy loud with the fans that come with them. You probably can replace these easily enough. I do not bother because I have them at work. I believe at this point I have 9 of these in use in my linux raid servers.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA

 

[Red Squirrel]

I also use the super micros bays. I have 2 in my main server. I took out the fans though, I did not have enough room in my case. I added two powerful fans on the back of the case. If I put a piece of cardboard on the front of the server, it's sucked on, so I know there's good airflow to the drives. The fans on them are decent though, not like some where they put a really crappy 40mm fan. These are 90mm fans. Too bad they're not 80 though, or they could be reused for other stuff.

 

[cantalup]

I use http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215081
bought three three years ago without any issues, I did not realized that there were on/off for each drive slot :|, which finally figure out after 2 hours troubleshooting.

just bought two recently with 10% off for additions.