10 inch Rack 2U : 6 x 3.5 inch HDD - HOT SWAP !

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10 inch Rack 2U : 6 x 3.5 inch HDD - Hot Swap ! Compact !

Design:

• All tolerance are the same as for the 2x 3.5 HDD model
• HOT SWAP is possible. I really wanted that feature and couldn't find it anywhere on printable/makerworld
• Satisfying Click!
• Extremely compact ! only takes 2U for 6HDD
• Experimental… As the design is REALLY compact i'm not certain about heat dissipation, or rather, i'm certain that there is NONE for the center HDDs. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK…
• I suspect the screws for the bottom and middle connector might be hard to tighten… once again EXPERIMENTAL: compact concept is cool but is it smart ? Not sure ^^

Print:

• No support ! Print face down
• Tolerance are quite tight, make sure to take your time to print it (I used 0.4mm nozzle, 0.2mm layers)

Other Material:

I use those refurbished caddy from Aliexpress:

keywords: " 3.5'' SAS SATA Hard Drive Tray Caddy for Dell PowerEdge R730 730xd R720 R720XD R710 R520 R410 R420 T420 T620 T630 058CWC 0KG1CH "
" For Dell PowerEdge T330 T430 T630 R230 R330 R430 R530 R630 R730 R730XD 0KG1CH 3.5" SAS SATA Hard Disk Caddy Tray KG1CH "

Each tray is about 5eur:

• HERE in Aliexpress
• or HERE in Aliexpress too 

For the Hot swappable connection:

I used those:

keywords: SATA Male To Female Power Data Converter 22Pin 7+15 Male To Female SATA To SATA Converter SATA To SATA Adapter

Currently 5eur for 5 !: 

• Here on aliexpress