What is this "Intel 6-port backplane?"

[WyomingKnott]

I keep seeing this thing all over the place:http://www.jr.com/intel/pe/ITE_AXX6DRV3GR/
A hot-swap backplane for my PC would be lovely, but this is compatible with two Intel servers. Can it be shoehorned into a normal case, maybe by taking up 3 or 4 5.25" bays, or is it useless to the normal system builder?

 

[psaus]

You won't be able to split it into 2 cases. It's a chasis for server builders, building whitebox servers. You might be able to "shoehorn" this into a standard tower case, but you'll be doing just that "shoehorning" - get out the ducttape and glue!

Think of the front of a ProLiant 4U server with 8 drive bays, this is a similar cage, but made for the whitebox market.

So is this useless to the "normal system builder"? Depends on what you classify as "normal". Gamer? Yea, useless. Normal IT Admin who builds his own gear, not useless...

 

[WyomingKnott]

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