Syba 5.25" Bay Adapter for Slim Optical Drive, 2.5" Trayless Rack for Hard Drives HDD SSD, USB Hub - SY-MRA55005

Ordered this from Amazon.co.uk, and this was shipped from Amazon.com via the Amazon Global service, I wish more products did this, it was well worth it!I bought an HP Prodesk 600 G1 SFF and wanted to turn it into a budget gaming PC. After building it into a Coolermaster M-ATX case (using the necessary adapters to allow for use with a standard ATX PSU) I wanted to make use of as many components from the original HP case as possible, including the Laptop DVD drive.This was PERFECT for what I wanted, not only does it let you use a slim laptop drive in a desktop (and it mounts firmly), but the 2.5" HDD Rack makes access to my SSD effortless. And the button/catch to release the HDD is nice and firm too, so accidently bumping it isn't a problem. Of course, the two USB 3.0 ports are just gravy.It also has blue LED's on the front, when there's a HDD in it, its lit up blue, and when that HDD is accessed, it flashes purple (probably a red LED mixing with the blue light).All in all, very pleased with this, does everything it says it does, and does it well with great build quality. If you need to use a laptop dvd drive in a desktop, and want some extra addons like a HDD tray and some usb ports, you can't go wrong with this!

A well made piece of equipment that allows multi use of a PC case slot. The only complaint is they don't mention the need for a slimline SATA cable adapter for the DVD drive.

The product itself is quite good. If you use it like most people, it will be fine and very worthwhile to allow easy drive replacement. However, if you plan to use it as part of a RAID setup, this is not for you. There is a problem which makes it impossible for this to work reliably in RAID. The drives need to be turned on by way of a button push with 1 button for each corresponding drive bay. Seems fine as afterwards it remembers which drive you've selected. The problem is sometimes it "forgets" because you made a change which, on the surface, has no direct correlation to these bays. As a result, your array has dropped members and is deemed degraded and needs rebuild, or worst it is deemed failed and you've lost everything. Had the manufacturer not implemented this "feature" and simply allowed the drives to function without extra buttons, this would have received 5 stars. As it stands, they complicated this device and made it less reliable. Maybe there's a jumper or some way which can disable this feature? I tried reaching out to Syba but it has been 2 months and still no reply so I'm not holding my breath.

Lo compré porque lo uso para hacer respaldos y revisar discos duros de otros equipos.Es muy fácil de usar e instalar.También compré la tarjeta Syba 2 Port USB 3.0 PCI-express 2.0 x1 Card with Internal, para agregar los 2 conectores que trae este dispositivo, ya que mi tarjeta madre no es muy reciente y no trae el conector interno de USB 3 de 19 pins.

C'est la seconde unité que j'achète depuis un an.Le design est inspirant et tout est bien placé et accessible.Utiliser ce périphérique est un plaisir en sachant qu'il ne bug pas.Avoir dans la même unité et lecteur 31/2" et lecteur 21/2 et deux ports usb 3.0est un luxe qui comble à l'excellence sa bonne et complète utilisation.Mais le plus important qu'offre ce bijou de travail est avant tout: la vitessede transmission des données inter disques, fiable-constante et free error transmission.En plus de l'insertion facile des disques, c'est un très bel appareil et aussi très robuste.C'est la Mercedes des unités interreliées pour le prix d'un simple ticket de cinéma.Thahk You all the gang, SybaHave a good day.LiberT.P.S. Comme cadeau de la fête des Pères, j'ai demandé un Syba en cadeau,au cas où une de mes unités auraient des problèmes.

So one more update, with original and first update below...After several months of random problems with hard drives failing, I was able to solve the problem with a higher powered power supply. This 5 bay housing was not the issue at all. Though I had no real help from Syba, I was able to determine that my problems started when I added an additional drive to the system, thus apparently surpassing the capabilities of the power supply. I'm not really sure why the problems only manifested with the drives in this enclosure vs the drives mounted in the case, but the bottom line is that this device works flawlessly now that power is sufficient.-----------------------------------Below is my original review. I am updating the review just over a year later because the device is failing. For a few months, I have had issues with drives failing in the unit. After replacing the drive, things would appear to work for a while. Now, replacing a drive will not work. Taking the drive out of this enclosure and directly attaching it works perfectly fine. So as nice as the hot-swap enclosure was, I feel it should last much longer than a year, thus I am reducing the rating of this product. It is virtually unusable at this point.-----------------------------Wonderful addition to my system! I run my old desktop as a backup server, and this allows me to have hot-swappable RAID drives. Only problem I had was not reading the manual thus not realizing there were power buttons under each drive which needed pushed after inserting the drive. So much easier than powering down a system and removing screws to replace a failed drive.Nice solid aluminum construction, no worries about breaking flimsy parts.

Very well built. Non-standard 80x80x10mm and non-standard 2-pin connector, powerfull but noisy fan - still looking for replacement. I think with 2.5" HDDs prices falling I will switch to cages for 2.5" drives like this: https://www.amazon.de/Icy-Dock-Wechselrahmen-Zoll-SATA/dp/B01MSFEAQI/