Intel 2U Hot Swap 8x2.5inch SAS/NVMe Combo Drive Bay Kit

The Intel A2U8X25S3PHS is a front-mounted drive bay kit for 2U servers that adds room for eight 2.5 inch drives and lets you replace or upgrade those drives while the system stays online. It accepts SAS, SATA, or NVMe media, so you can combine high-capacity hard drives with high-speed solid-state storage in the same module and tune the mix as your workloads evolve.

Everything you need for a clean installation is in the box: the full hot swap assembly, a backplane that handles all three interface types, sturdy drive carriers, blanks for any bays you leave open, and 75 mm I2C jumper cables that link the backplane to the system management bus. Attach your own data and PCIe OCuLink cables to the server board and the kit is ready for action.

Administrators who run virtualization clusters, high-performance compute nodes, or edge appliances will appreciate how quickly they can scale from modest to large capacity. Populate the bays with SSDs for low-latency databases, drop in high-capacity SATA drives for archival storage, or mix both when you need balance. The design fits comfortably in dense rack environments where every drive slot counts.

Because the module is purpose-built for 2U chassis that use 2.5 inch bays, it installs without custom brackets or additional tooling. The result is a straightforward path to as much as 80 TB of raw storage, delivered through a single, managed, hot swap panel that keeps your maintenance window short and your server uptime high.

• Holds eight 2.5 inch drives that use SAS, SATA, or NVMe interfaces
• Fits any server chassis designed for 2U 2.5 inch bays
• Hot swap assembly and carriers allow drive changes without powering down
• Includes drive carriers, drive blanks, and 75 mm I2C jumper cables
• Backplane works with mixed SAS, SATA, and NVMe connections in one module
• Requires separate data and PCIe OCuLink cables to link drives to the motherboard
• Supports up to 80 TB of raw capacity, depending on the drives installed