Supermicro Caddies - mounting 2.5" SATA disks in 3.5" caddies

Asked Mar 03 '22 at 09:38

Active Mar 03 '22 at 09:58

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I need to replace some 3.5" drives with 2.5" SATA SSD's in an older (remote) Supermicro system where I do not know the Chassis model.

What I do know is the motherboard is an X10DRi motherboard (which dates the system around 2014/2015).

What I don't know - and hoping people can guide me on - is

How many types of 3.5" caddies do Supermicro have (I mean physically, I could not care less if the front has a different design, as long as it slides into place and works?) - and if there are multiple caddy's - what do I need to look for for servers of that age?
How do people typically mount 2.5" drives in Supermicro caddies? A post I saw on Superuser hinted that drives are/can be bottom mounted - but was a bit vague/confusing as to whether a special insert is needed in the caddy?

edited Mar 03 '22 at 09:58

asked Mar 03 '22 at 09:38

davidgo

`How many types of 3.5" Chassis do Supermicro have` that depends on the chassis. – Gerald Schneider Mar 03 '22 at 09:57
Doh, I meant to ask how many caddies! – davidgo Mar 03 '22 at 09:58
I figured so much. Nevertheless, the amount of disk slots depends on the chassis. – Gerald Schneider Mar 03 '22 at 09:58

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