WHAT IS A HARD DRIVE CADDY?

Hard drive caddies serve as a protective casing for hard disk drives (HDD) to ensure safe transfer between devices and to prevent any damage. The caddies come in various forms, depending on whether the HDD is a hot swap (HS) or non-hot swap (NHS) type.

HDD hot swap caddies have been made to be effortlessly interchangeable, enabling the user to quickly change out drives or remove them if necessary. Typically, NHS drives are housed in caddies that keep the drive securely in place, either through screwing or clipping it to prevent any movement.

Some HDD caddies are merely plastic casing that connects to the front of the disk drive, while others are more complex and consist of a metal frame, plastic casing, drive interface (sometimes known as interposer), cable, and screws. When buying HDD caddies, it’s critical to make sure that the caddy is suitable for the server or device it will be installed on, as well as compatible with the size of the disk drive.

Manufacturers of servers, such as HP, IBM, Dell, and Fujitsu, typically offer their own distinctive designs that are only available when purchasing directly from them along with a hard disk drive. REF Group, on the other hand, is a vendor of both new and refurbished server hard drive caddies for a wide range of manufacturers, from well-known brands to specialized ones. These caddies can be bought either with a disk drive or separately.