does a female sata backplane exist?

I'm looking for a cage that will allow sata drives to plug n play

maybe 4 bays

does anyone know if this exists?

the sata connectors look like theyd be great for plug n play if
someone would just design a female socket for them to plug into!

Previously Richard Herb <ViennaRules@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a cage that will allow sata drives to plug n play

> maybe 4 bays

> does anyone know if this exists?

> the sata connectors look like theyd be great for plug n play if
> someone would just design a female socket for them to plug into!

It exists. Since SATA is indeed suitable for direct hotplug,
there are even those that do not require a disk-carrier, but allow
direct hotplug of bare SATA drives.

Arno

thanks!

any brand names?

I cant find them on ebay or anywhere else that allow the bare drive to
be plugged in.

they all require some kind of cage, or adapter.

I want the bare sata drive to plug directly into female sata sockets.

one for data, one for power

similar to how a sata laptop connector is set up.

"Richard Herb" <ViennaRules@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking for a cage that will allow sata drives to plug n play
>
> maybe 4 bays
>
> does anyone know if this exists?
>
> the sata connectors look like theyd be great for plug n play if
> someone would just design a female socket for them to plug into!

Here's one with 3.
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...1-SATA&cat=HDD

Thanks Jerry

You rule!

nice price too