Looking for - 5.25" USB SATA HDD caddy

[NAS]

I use SATA desktop caddies all the time and they are great.

 

But I have always been on the hunt for a version that fits in a 5.25" bay preferably with a fan.

 

Surely this product exists?

 

Anyone seen one?

[abs0lut.zer0]

what about one of these...?

 

http://www.icydock.com/goods_cat.php?id=45

 

[NAS]

The problem is USB is the only reliable means i have found to umount a disk without having to reboot

[Rajahal]

I've used two of these for a while in my main desktop:

 

Mobile Rack for 3.5 inches SATA HDD - Open Frame

 

Again, not USB, but Win7 supports hot swapping of SATA and eSATA drives.  So my boot SSD is installed internally, then my data drives I can hot swap at will.  You just have to eject the drive as you would a flash drive, like so (I only have one data drive installed at the moment):

 

[NAS]

Very interesting but these disks are swapped between XP, Debian and Ubuntu.

 

I have had nothing but grief any time i have tried anything other that USB

 

USB just works.

[queeg]

Try using the unit Raj suggested but connect it to an hot pluggable port or esata port.  Then to make it painless to mount in unRAID just install SNAP.

 

I have several of these usb enclosures and they have lasted for years with daily use.  The fans are silent.  I have two connected by esata and one using the usb connection to my Dish Network box.

[NAS]

I am really not keen to go the sata or eSATA route. I have tried it in the past and found it very problematic

[WeeboTech]

I have this. It's trayless, USB and eSATA.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215055

 

The pictures do not show it, but you can swap the hard drive out without tools.