shollz Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Hey guys, I am probably going to order an Icy Dock backplane for my home build WHS. I have 4 5.25" bays available to use. Current Setup is 3x1TB drives in the 3 3.5" bays my case has available. I just purchased a 2TB drive to add to the server as well. But, I wanted to do a little future proofing and add a backplane for more drives. I have 3 SATA ports open on the motherboard right now. I could do the easy route and buy a 3 drive backplane and be done with it. But, I thought about buying their 5 drive back-plane and moving two of my existing drives out of the case and into the backplane. My question is if the ICY Dock is a sata pass-through or not? If I pull the drives out and put them in the backplane and connect them to the same SATA ports will the WHS even know anything different has happened? Or should I remove the drives from the pool and swap them one at a time? Icy Dock 5 Drive ICY Dock 3 drive Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebkayes Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Hi shollz, I use the ICYDOCK 4x3 hotswap caddy in my case. The SATA ports are just pass-through. eg a gender changer for the caddy system. Just move your SATA cable from the drive to the Plug on the rack. Put the drive in the same location. Done! Regards,Ethan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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