Review on 📱 StarTech.com Mobile Rack Backplane for 2.5" SATA/SAS Drive - Supports 5mm-15mm SSDs/HDDs - Hot Swap Vented Metal Enclosure - SATSASBP125 by Warrick Dembo

There are a few things I love about this 4-bay mobile rack. Looks a lot better than most (although the finish isn't particularly durable). Subjects are locked. And best of all, it's small enough to fit in my HP Z4 Workstation's chassis. Everything inside the workstation is very cramped, but this fits perfectly, unlike IcyDock's much longer alternatives. There are also some things that could be improved. I don't understand why the (2) 4-pin molex power connectors are needed. Someone suggested that one of them is for backup/redundancy, but I can confirm you need both connections for all bays to work. Two adapters from the old 4-pin connector to the new power connectors are included, but this is still a problem. However, the killer of the deal is two fans. At first they were silent; I was impressed. But it didn't last long. Sometimes they sounded like something was stuck inside them. Very loud. Mostly they were just audible - more audible than any multi-drive enclosures next to the workstation. I used this rack exclusively for SSDs, so I could just turn the fans off if StarTech flipped a switch to turn them off. Verdict: The device is back because of the fan noise and the fact that you can't turn them off. Maybe I just got a bad pad, but it was amazing how quiet my office became when I removed it from my system.