ICY DOCK 6 Bay 2.5 SAS/SATA SSD/HDD & Ultra Slim Optical Disk Drive CD DVD ROM Backplane Enclosure for External 5.25" Bay | ToughArmor MB606SPO-B 6 Bays + ODD

It works great, however the shipping/packing was terrible. The first one I got was damaged. I sent it back. The 2nd one I got was also damaged due to poor shipping/packing but it did "work." At least I thought it did. As it turns out 3 of the bays worked but 3 did not. After almost a year I contacted ICY DOCK and they replace it but get this, even the replacement was slightly damaged. But at least it works. I do love it.

Unfortunately, the drive trays require screws to attach your drives. They do not clip in. If you try to insert your drive without being screwed to the tray, it will be stuck inside the unit. A piece of tape will help pull it out. Also the drive trays leave absolutely no clearance for cases that have front facings that cover the very edge of drives (Like the Compaq Presario cases). If you install the unit in one of these cases, you will not be able to open the drive bays without taking the front facing off of your computer. It also interferes with the CD Rom opening. I had to put a wedge of cardboard between the right side of the dock and the case to create enough clearance for my Blu-ray drive to open. I have to give this 3 out of 5 stars because of the tolerance issues. This is too expensive for the problems it has with compatibility with brand named normally office use cases.

Need to add an optical disk drive to your computer and want to add a couple 2.5" SSDs? Have a single 5.25" bay free? This is your Huckleberry. I'm using this with a pair of 4TB Samsung 870 EVOs and an LG BU40N and could not be happier. The Good: - 40mm, 3 pin is easily user replaceable. It's held in by 2 screws and you don't have to take things apart. If it's too loud you can replace the factory fan with a Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX in about 2 minutes. - Fan control switch lets you set he fan to High, Low or Off. - Makes better use of a single 5.25 bay. The Bad: - SAS support is single channel only. - 15mm SAS HDDs can run hot even with the fan set to High. - Fan connector does not have the clearance for the use of a 4 pin fan if you have a couple NF-A4x10 PWM fans laying around. The Meh: - Drive cages may not perfectly align SATA/SAS ports. Don't shove/force drives when installing them into the cage. Press gently until the eject lever starts to close, then use it to seat the rest of the way. You may need to wiggle things a little. - The strip of EVA foam to use a 9.5 mm drive ODD instead of a 12.7 mm drive is functional but feels chintzy.

I have set up two of these now and am very happy with them. There can be some minor deviations in the unit's connections compared to the SSD so go easy when installing drives. There aren't rails which line the drives up perfectly. Push the drive in with a gentle fingertip -- if you have the right index (for the power and data ports) it will slide in and you can lock it. Highly recommend opening and closing the drive doors (reseating the drives) every few months. I have found that leaving them connected without reseating can result in a drive disappearing due to dust? corrosion? or ? on the port connections. Reseating them once in a while (when the unit is powered OFF) seems to prevent that. Also, you should use straight SATA connectors for the unit, not right angle. I wish they designed it so I could use right angle (easier to install) but not a huge critique. The unit fan has high/low settings. I wish it had a temp-dependent setting OR connected to one of the motherboard's fan connectors so it can flow variably. If you have a decent fan system in your PC case, keeping the raid unit fan on low is fine. It is noisy on high. Make sure to get the thicker optical drive unit (12mm?) Slim not ultra slim. The Ultra slim units are very fragile. 100% happy with it, 4 stars because it could be a little better, but really 4.5 stars. Wishlist: Temp sensor fan, better located connectors, drive rails, but can 100% recommend.

Great worked like a charm in my Lenovo ThinkServer_T150, but take in mind this is for 7mm SSDs only!