This is extremly good find for me! I have been looking different options on how to add more HDD trays to my server - currently only 7.. not really intrested in buying all new case and no decent option to add pre-made HDD trays (metal) in order to expand. But this one seems to be the go-to option for me.. Extremely good one sir!
😊👍Nice design, the step to prevent the disk from sliding out is a great idea, as is the cutout for the cables. Splitting it into individual disks is also great, everyone can use as much as they need. Actually, if I were you, I would continue with this project because it's already great and you can make it even better. I would modify the front wall so that a 12 cm fan could be mounted there (by entering a cutout in the shape of a high 0, as is the case in PC cases). What I miss most in such projects is the damping of vibrations, which quickly destroys drives, especially those working in groups. And this is already a challenge because, first of all, the drives would have to be mounted using screws or clips with a pin that would slide into the screw holes, and in addition, the mounting would have to be suspended on something in the shape of the letter S, as is done with microphones (I don't know how else to describe it).
Definitely will be downloading this and printing these seems like a great way to replace bays in a tower too to create a nice enclosed nas. I would recommend placing rubber rings on each peg when stacking to limit vibration to the neighboring drives this'll help increase the lifespan of your drives as well.
Man I really really apreciate your work, I was hoping for you to sell the files, I was ready to pay a few bucks for it, I don't feel that great when having other's work just for free. Greetings from Mexico.
@@cbutters i dont really like purchasing off amazon since they take a really big chunk of the products profit/markup, trust me I used to sell there. Amazon is aiming for a complete monopolization of the market getting sellers out of the equation at all. I would rather advice you to open a patreon! I would gladly pay for everytime I use and take advantage of your designs. Please consider it, regards.
Hi, i've made 4 of these with my smaller 3D printer. And i have to say that they are working really great despite me being forced to split them in 2 to make them fit on my print bed. Only thing i need to figure out, is what modification i wanna do so i can hot-glue them together better. I found it's not 100% needed anyways, but i want them to be as rigid as possible when my 2 NAS'es are positioned where they ought to end up. Seriously great work on the model, really nice!
I was looking for something like this a few weeks ago and I came across this one and printed it and it was the best hard drive holder that I could find A+ man, and then I just came across this video lol what a coincidence
These look awesome; I love the simplicity and ability to incrementally add. We have a bunch of old HDDs and would love to get them into our software RAID for security cams but the cages we've tried are loud and crowded (not a coincidence those go together as they're trying to save space and we don't need to do that). Even so, I think we need some kind of lightweight active cooling in our cabinet. We have lots of virtually silent fans there and elsewhere, but for some reason, all the ones we've ended up with that are integrated into HDD cages are real howlers--with the exception of when we had a Synology NAS -- which ultimately died and was obviously not just a simple HDD cage. If you were going to sell them, how much would you charge for 5? We don't have a 3D printer... I looked and there are lots of online printing services but an overwhelming array of options and it would be nice to get them with the material, etc. that's known to work. Also, any chance of something with holes or a screw-less way to add a standard fan (80, 92, 120mm... whatever works best) for every 2 that one stacked up?
Hello. I printed 6 of these out to put in an existing case for a FreeNAS implementation. I like the design, but would ask if you could add a couple parts. It would be nice to have a printed standoff for it. say more or less like the drive carrier with a base and four posts coming off it with pegs to fit the bottom drive holder allowing air to flow under the drive. I think lifting it a half inch should suffice. Second would be an additional mount to hold a fan. Say if you print and stack three of them, the mount will fit on the back of the three as a unit and pull air through the drives using a savaged case fan perhaps. I like you solution, but my box is not open air like your system is. These would take your existing good idea and make it a little better by offering some addition usability. Thoughts? Regards, Joe
Have you had any issues with drives vibrations causing data corruption? Because these are all connected together, the vibration of one drives effects the whole system.
These look great - could you produce a modified version for use with hot-swap SATA / SAS backplanes (they are usually available on ebay, but sometimes don't come with a cage or caddies). It would be exactly the same shape, but with the HDD facing the other way? It would need a rectangular hole for access to the drive connectors, and the tab with the securing lip (nice feature btw) could be extended across the whole width (or just have one on each side). Also, could you scale it for 2.5" drives? Thanks!!
These are fantastic looking! Perchance if you know, what is the weight of a single caddy? I'd love to build out some of these if they are cost effective!
Also, already asked by someone: How is the vibration? Does the lowest tray have some kind of "standoff" form the ground for easier SATA cable connection or so? Does those trays support some kind of connection to floor/wall and between eachother inorder to connect multiple towers (planning to place 3-4 side-by-side)?
I had thought of making a standoff part that fits there for that exact purpose... haven't gotten around to it though. My sata power and data cable have enough clearance without it though.
@@cbutters All right, ill get one printed. Have to look into the mounting and fastening to chassis and side-by-side tray stacks .. and some fan mounting options depending on the size of the stack.
thank you so much for this, its just what I was looking for, can you please recommend me a 3d printer that I could buy at home depot please, new subscriber here, thank you
@@cbutters Great design! Personally, I'd be interested in 30, depending on price. I only have 6 drives now, but in the end the end maybe 24, but I'd rather have too many than not enough. I hand bought a Fractal Design Define 7 XL to allow me to grow as I go, but the drive trays are always out of stock. :/
cbutters. Would it be possible to get the model for this? I don't want to modify the model, I want to create a base as well as some spacers that will also extend out past the cages to mount a cooling fan on. if possible please let me know. I will be printing at least 20 of these. Many thanks for the great print!
This is extremly good find for me! I have been looking different options on how to add more HDD trays to my server - currently only 7.. not really intrested in buying all new case and no decent option to add pre-made HDD trays (metal) in order to expand. But this one seems to be the go-to option for me.. Extremely good one sir!
😊👍Nice design, the step to prevent the disk from sliding out is a great idea, as is the cutout for the cables.
Splitting it into individual disks is also great, everyone can use as much as they need.
Actually, if I were you, I would continue with this project because it's already great and you can make it even better.
I would modify the front wall so that a 12 cm fan could be mounted there (by entering a cutout in the shape of a high 0, as is the case in PC cases).
What I miss most in such projects is the damping of vibrations, which quickly destroys drives, especially those working in groups. And this is already a challenge because, first of all, the drives would have to be mounted using screws or clips with a pin that would slide into the screw holes, and in addition, the mounting would have to be suspended on something in the shape of the letter S, as is done with microphones (I don't know how else to describe it).
Definitely will be downloading this and printing these seems like a great way to replace bays in a tower too to create a nice enclosed nas. I would recommend placing rubber rings on each peg when stacking to limit vibration to the neighboring drives this'll help increase the lifespan of your drives as well.
Hi, I know this comment is 2 years old now, but any chance you have a link to what rubber rings you were using?
Nicely done! thanks for sharing this.
Man I really really apreciate your work, I was hoping for you to sell the files, I was ready to pay a few bucks for it, I don't feel that great when having other's work just for free. Greetings from Mexico.
Saludos y Gracias! If you want to help me out use the amazon link in the description and purchase something!
@@cbutters i dont really like purchasing off amazon since they take a really big chunk of the products profit/markup, trust me I used to sell there.
Amazon is aiming for a complete monopolization of the market getting sellers out of the equation at all. I would rather advice you to open a patreon! I would gladly pay for everytime I use and take advantage of your designs. Please consider it, regards.
Hi, i've made 4 of these with my smaller 3D printer. And i have to say that they are working really great despite me being forced to split them in 2 to make them fit on my print bed. Only thing i need to figure out, is what modification i wanna do so i can hot-glue them together better. I found it's not 100% needed anyways, but i want them to be as rigid as possible when my 2 NAS'es are positioned where they ought to end up. Seriously great work on the model, really nice!
Great design, I wish it had fan mount holes on back and sides as a feature.
Very nice! I am looking forward to printing some of these! Thx.
lovely concept
Thaths actually a preatty nice deisgn for this!! Congrats
Genius design!! LOVE this
I was looking for something like this a few weeks ago and I came across this one and printed it and it was the best hard drive holder that I could find A+ man, and then I just came across this video lol what a coincidence
Thanks! Necessity is the greatest accelerator for innovation.
Very nice design !!! Now I'm thinking: case vs cage ...
This is awesome thank you for doing it.
This is amazing!
These look awesome; I love the simplicity and ability to incrementally add.
We have a bunch of old HDDs and would love to get them into our software RAID for security cams but the cages we've tried are loud and crowded (not a coincidence those go together as they're trying to save space and we don't need to do that). Even so, I think we need some kind of lightweight active cooling in our cabinet. We have lots of virtually silent fans there and elsewhere, but for some reason, all the ones we've ended up with that are integrated into HDD cages are real howlers--with the exception of when we had a Synology NAS -- which ultimately died and was obviously not just a simple HDD cage.
If you were going to sell them, how much would you charge for 5? We don't have a 3D printer... I looked and there are lots of online printing services but an overwhelming array of options and it would be nice to get them with the material, etc. that's known to work.
Also, any chance of something with holes or a screw-less way to add a standard fan (80, 92, 120mm... whatever works best) for every 2 that one stacked up?
Awesome design good sir. -- subbed
Hello. I printed 6 of these out to put in an existing case for a FreeNAS implementation. I like the design, but would ask if you could add a couple parts. It would be nice to have a printed standoff for it. say more or less like the drive carrier with a base and four posts coming off it with pegs to fit the bottom drive holder allowing air to flow under the drive. I think lifting it a half inch should suffice. Second would be an additional mount to hold a fan. Say if you print and stack three of them, the mount will fit on the back of the three as a unit and pull air through the drives using a savaged case fan perhaps. I like you solution, but my box is not open air like your system is. These would take your existing good idea and make it a little better by offering some addition usability.
Thoughts?
Regards,
Joe
congratulations my friend!!! you can make it with a backplane in group of 4 and make them hot swap!!! also can accomodate 2.5"
Thank you for the STL file. I started printing them out and they're great!! Thanks again! By any chance do you have one designed for a 2.5" sas drive?
I want a 2.5 SAS version as well.
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@@liquidone1597 I was going to ask that very same thing.. I have some 10K 2.5 SAS Drives I would love "rack up"!!!
@@liquidone1597 have you found any by now?
Have any1 found 2.5" design?
can you do one for the 2.5 hard-drives?
Would be great to see a hot swappable design
You would need a sata backplate for that.
thanks a lot. exactly what i needed.
Awesome! Any designs for 2.5" drives?
Have you had any issues with drives vibrations causing data corruption? Because these are all connected together, the vibration of one drives effects the whole system.
nope. I would guess being mounted to plastic rather than steel like in a normal computer case is even more favorable for the drive.
is that actually a mining rig? Nice design!
I am so intrigued with 3d printing. What program did you use to design these?
These look great - could you produce a modified version for use with hot-swap SATA / SAS backplanes (they are usually available on ebay, but sometimes don't come with a cage or caddies). It would be exactly the same shape, but with the HDD facing the other way?
It would need a rectangular hole for access to the drive connectors, and the tab with the securing lip (nice feature btw) could be extended across the whole width (or just have one on each side). Also, could you scale it for 2.5" drives?
Thanks!!
These are fantastic looking! Perchance if you know, what is the weight of a single caddy? I'd love to build out some of these if they are cost effective!
Also, already asked by someone: How is the vibration?
Does the lowest tray have some kind of "standoff" form the ground for easier SATA cable connection or so?
Does those trays support some kind of connection to floor/wall and between eachother inorder to connect multiple towers (planning to place 3-4 side-by-side)?
I had thought of making a standoff part that fits there for that exact purpose... haven't gotten around to it though. My sata power and data cable have enough clearance without it though.
@@cbutters All right, ill get one printed. Have to look into the mounting and fastening to chassis and side-by-side tray stacks .. and some fan mounting options depending on the size of the stack.
Don't suppose you have a link to that original bay you didn't like? Or the search term. As it looks perfect to fit in the Q500L for extra storage.
Thank you! Awesome!!!
I liked the cables, are they original from the source or is your source modular? have a link to them?
what about one for laptop drives??
Hy very nice !! can i ask you what kind of power cable are you using ???
Brilliant work. Is that a ZFS setup by any chance?
Yes :D
Do you sell these?
Downloaded your 3D file. Curious how you connect 7 HDDs to motherboard? any expansion card?
u need raid controller card. connect it to ur pcie slot. it allow u to add more hdd from 8 up to 32 drives
how long did it take to print each tray?
thank you
excellent. Now, how do you handdle the vibrations when you stack lots of hdds?
No issues running 8 stacked up for over a year now.
Im wondering if using some rubber orings around the pieces that stick up to stack them would help
Super.
Hi man, how do you connect all those hdd to the motherboard?
You need a RAID or HBA card, something like a LSI 9211-8i
thank you so much for this, its just what I was looking for, can you please recommend me a 3d printer that I could buy at home depot please, new subscriber here, thank you
What is the price?
Do you sell these?
I suppose I could. How many are you looking for?
@@cbutters Great design! Personally, I'd be interested in 30, depending on price. I only have 6 drives now, but in the end the end maybe 24, but I'd rather have too many than not enough. I hand bought a Fractal Design Define 7 XL to allow me to grow as I go, but the drive trays are always out of stock. :/
I want some, sell them on eBay
I don't have a 3D printer who can make me this and ill pay them. Thanks.
cbutters. Would it be possible to get the model for this? I don't want to modify the model, I want to create a base as well as some spacers that will also extend out past the cages to mount a cooling fan on. if possible please let me know. I will be printing at least 20 of these. Many thanks for the great print!
Sorry, I had it in tinkercad somewhere, but the stl is about all i have at this point.