Name: StarTech 5.25" Dual Bay Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane with Fan for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA/SAS HDD or SSD
Brand: StarTech
SKU: STSB2535STBK
Price: 70.99 USD
Availability: BackOrder
Rating: 3 (4 reviews)

StarTech 5.25" Dual Bay Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane with Fan for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA/SAS HDD or SSD

StarTech Mobile Rack Backplane

StarTech

StarTech 5.25" Dual Bay Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane

Although this item is temporarily on Backorder, you can order it now and it will ship as soon as it arrives. Your card will only be charged once item is shipped.

Temporarily On Backorder

Although this item is temporarily on Backorder, you can order it now and it will ship as soon as it arrives. Your card will only be charged once item is shipped. Estimated to Ship: 09/2025.

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StarTech Mobile Rack Backplane 

Shop the StarTech Dual Bay Mobile Rack for 2.5" & 3.5" SATA/SAS drives. Hot-swap, 6 Gbps transfer, & key lock. Order yours today!

Overhaul your computer's storage capabilities with the HSB2535SATBK Dual Bay Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane, a versatile and efficient solution for 5.25" drive bays. This innovative device transforms a standard 5.25" bay into a dynamic hot-swappable SATA/SAS interface, allowing for the seamless connection of both a 3.5" SATA HDD and a 2.5" SATA HDD or SSD. Crafted with a solid aluminum construction, the backplane is engineered to comply with the 5.25" small form factor specification, ensuring a perfect fit within your system's front bay. The trayless design not only enhances the aesthetic appeal but also simplifies the process of swapping drives without the need for additional trays or tools. The HSB2535SATBK supports a wide range of data transfer speeds, accommodating SATA revision I/II/III (1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps) and SAS revision I/II (3.0/6.0 Gbps), making it a highly compatible and flexible addition to any storage setup. Each bay is equipped with power and activity LEDs, providing at-a-glance monitoring of drive status and activity.Installation and removal of drives are made effortless thanks to the bay's ejection levers. This quick and convenient mechanism is ideal for creating backups, archiving, or facilitating external portable access. The backplane's compatibility with both SATA and SAS interfaces makes it an excellent choice for enterprise system integration, offering a reliable and user-friendly solution.To ensure the longevity and reliability of your drives, the HSB2535SATBK features a built-in cooling fan and a slotted aluminum enclosure that promotes optimal heat dissipation. This design consideration helps to prevent drive failure and maintain optimum operating temperatures, even under heavy usage.The HSB2535SATBK is not just a hardware component; it's a strategic advantage for various applications. It's perfect for system builders who need to clone operating systems onto multiple drives efficiently, IT environments that require quick and tool-less drive replacements, and for adding a removable backup solution to servers or workstations. It can also be used to create a hybrid storage solution, pairing the speed of an SSD with the larger storage capacity of a standard HDD.Maximize your storage space and enhance system performance with the HSB2535SATBK Dual Bay Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane, a sophisticated and practical upgrade for any computer setup.

This is a great way to mount and use both a 3.5 and a 2.5 drive in a single optical bay. Desktop designs are getting ever-smaller so it’s nice to have something like this to maximize space. The design is sleek and modern, the drives fit in it nicely and the mechanism loads and unloads the drives just by moving the handle in front of each drive. I was originally afraid the drives might rattle in the enclosure without padding but it wasn’t the case; instead it’s the fan for cooling that makes more noise than both drives. It’s set to a single-speed, which is safe, but unnecessary. It would have been better to have a variable-speed fan with either a temperature sensor or a dial at the front. I received this product in exchange for an unbiased review

Great concept just noisy

This bay is easy to install into your system and makes swapping drives easy and convenient. While it seems to have solid construction some elements are plastic and feel under designed. It would be nice if the drive lights had more space between them so you can see from a distance which drive is getting use. As for functionality, both drives I attached worked great and I had no issues while testing the hot swap capabalities. Overall this is not my favourite StarTech product but it does work as advertised. I received this product in exchange for an unbiased review.

Good way to add additional storage to your system!

Bought this last week and I really like the concept. The HDD is just fine, but I cannot eject the SSD. Just opening the door does not do anything and there is no eject button. What am I missing?

How do you eject the SSD?

I just bought this to fit in a new build to be able to easily swap between all the HDD I have lying around but I think I will be sending it back. Before I put this in, my computer which has 7 140mm case fans, 2 HDDs, a GTX 1080 ti and a huge tower cooler was next to silent. However this product alone (I assume because of the tiny fan at the back) is much noisier than my whole computer. It generates an irritating high-pitched whirring sound continuously, whether there are drives fitted in it or not. The product looks otherwise good (although it doesn't sit quite as flush with the front panel as other 5.25 devices) and seems to be of otherwise good quality but I simply cannot use it as is.

StarTech 5.25" Dual Bay Trayless Hot Swap Mobile Rack Backplane with Fan for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA/SAS HDD or SSD

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