5.25" Form Factor Enclosures Buying Guide
With modern applications requiring more storage and higher bandwidth, it's important to get the most out of your storage management solution. Storage enclosures that utilize the standard 5.25" drive bay, commonly called the CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive bay, can be used to store compact 2.5" hard drives and SSDs. Through the recent advances in storage technology, 2.5" SSD and HDD capacities and speeds have been greatly increased, while their prices have dropped, making them a more viable and versatile storage solution for home and enterprise use. The 5.25" device bay can be used in many high-density configurations, including hot-swap, tray-less, secure key-locked enclosures, and ruggedized industrial enclosures. ICY DOCK realized the great potential and need for versatility to meet ever-changing storage requirements, and created a line of SATA / SAS / NVMe drive enclosures for the 5.25" drive bay to cover a wide range of needs.
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