Have a Fractal XL R2 that I am rebuilding old server into and migrating to unRAID. Looking to expand storage using the 3 - 4 of the 5.25 bays, priorities are quiet and easy to clean dust filters, easy drive swapping be a bonus.
Would like something that I can swap drives easily, noise is a factor as this lives in living room. Seems all the favorite hot swap cages don't have to dust filters. Just read through sticky thread here and did't see and conversation about easy to clean dust filters on 5.25 to 3.5 bay adapters.
Found MB074SP-1B seems to be one of the few, I have found searching for a couple hours but availability here is poor be an import, some report poor cooling.
This also this has a filter but not great looking due to poor drive swapping method and vibration dampening is not individual per HDD so they share vibration in the 3 pack cage and crappy quality - HD-AR-RBK
Or do folks use the traditional iStar, Supermicro, Norco hotswaps and put something like this or this in front, not sure about magnetic mount as XL R2 front is plastic so would need to grab the cage or perhaps better add-on dust filter options for commonly used 5.25 to 3.5 adapters that I am missing, or other versions with built in filters.
Final piece of my build proving a harder box to check than I thought it would be