StarTech.com Mini SAS SFF-8087 to 4x 2.5in SATA/SAS 5.25in Hot Swap Backplane - 4 Drive SAS mobile Rack - SATA cage

I bought this so I could install 4 Samsung 850 EVO  Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM)  in my Lenovo TS440  Lenovo ThinkServer TS440 70AQ000XUX E3-1225 v3 4GB Tower Server  that I use as my FreeNAS Media Server. One of them is assigned to L2ARC and the other 3 are in a RAIDZ2 vdev that I use as an ISCSI target for some virtual machines running on Vsphere. This meets SATA III specs which is important for an SSD implementation. If your doing an HBA just make sure you get the right controller like a 9211-4i. You have to have a separate controlller from your slow spinning disks or you will lose performance on the SSDs.

Works great for my workstation computer that has SAS cabling, even though I am using SATA drives. Can connect to RAID controller for RAID options as well. This unit fit VERY tight into my front 5.25" bay on my Dell T3600. First unit I had some fan trouble - very noisy at startup, but then would calm down. The replacement is very quiet.

I am unable to review this item as of right now, but I wanted to make sure that potential buyers are aware that you need to buy a mini-sas to sata reverse cable. DO NOT buy the highpoint cable that amazon says are "frequently bought together"

Great aftermarket product. Saved me 100's of dollars for OEM drive cage. Product is not that refined but will get the job done. Wish manufacturer would publish the internal bus speed of backplane.

Work as expected, although on on the hard disk fail to lifht up.

Not the best quality sleds but it gets the job done

Simple to set up and use. Works great! The LED's are really, really bright though. My server now lights the room it is in.

Awesome little cage. Used it on a 4-SAS HDD RAID6 deployment. Works like a champ. The direct SFF to SFF connection means no loose cables flopping around in the chassis. Connected it directly to a port on my LSI 9260-8i.

An efficient way of quickly adding accessible storage where space is at a premium. I've installed it in a HP N54L microserver and connected it to an HP P410 RAID card via SAS cable, the card recognised the drive I'd installed straight away and without issue. Looks neat and does exactly what's required of it.

It is well built and flexible, sas or sata drives of any size, but be aware that the cable needed to connect this chassis to a controller is rare, a true "reverse" cable.