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Burly Bay Types

 

  The Burly line of enclosures has multiple drive bay styles available depending on the product you’re looking at. In most cases bay options are available by using the "Bay Type" pull down menu on the product page. This guide is to help you understand the differences and benefits of each type of bay.

Burly enclosure example with multiple bay types  This photo is a Burly 5 bay enclosure with each of the 5 most popular bay styles installed. A description of each bay style is below.

 

  Bay Styles Compared.

A tray style bay has a removable housing (tray) that encloses and protects the drive when it’s out of the enclosure. The trays are available in Standard or LCD versions and each have a 40mm cooling fan for the drive. This style of bay is very useful for someone who would like to keep a large library of drives stored on a shelf so they’re accessible at a moments notice. The trays do a good job of protecting the drive from damage while it’s out of the enclosure. Tray enclosed drives can be transported easily for off site archives or swapping between computers. Tray style enclosures also provide the drives with enhanced cooling, useful when editing video for long periods of time.

Tray style bays come in two designs, Standard and LCD. The Standard has a pair of LED lights, green denoting drive power and amber that flashes with drive activity. The LCD tray has a readout that shows drive temperature, fan activity and drive activity. There’s a blue LED backlight that flashes with drive access. The LCD trays have an audible alarm that will sound if the drive gets too hot or if the drive bay fan stops turning.

  Trayless bays enable you to swap drives in and out without the need for individual trays. When you open a trayless bay it ejects the bare drive facilitating replacement. Anti-static procedures must be followed to avoid drive damage or data loss due to static or from touching the exposed circuit board on the drive. Trayless bays are excellent for large studio environments with large drive libraries. Drives should be stored in an anti-static bag or container to keep them safe. Trayless Bays come in two styles, with and without a fan. All Trayless Bays will have a fan except in the Burly Quiet enclosures.

  Fixed Bays are just that. The drives are assembled into the enclosure using brackets that mount the drives to the chassis. To change drives the enclosure lid has to be removed and the drives unscrewed from the chassis and the brackets. These absence of hotswap bays significantly reduces the enclosure cost, but makes swapping drives inconvenient. These enclosures are perfect for a database that doesn’t require drive swapping.

 

Standard tray style bays encompass the drive with an aluminum extrusion box that performs several functions. Simplest of all it, it protects the drive anytime the drive is removed from the enclosure. These trays can be stacked on a shelf and will protect the bare drive from damage and static shock. The tray has two LED lights, green showing drive power and an amber light that flashes with drive activity.

PRO’s - Protects drives from damage, easily swappable, convenient
CON’s - Each drive needs a tray

Replacement Standard Drive Trays

LCD style bays encompass the drive with an aluminum extrusion box that performs several functions. Simplest of all it, it protects the drive anytime the drive is removed from the enclosure. These trays can be stacked on a shelf and will protect the bare drive from damage and static shock. The LCD readout provides drive temperature, fan activity, drive activity and has an audible alarm that sounds if the fan stops or the drive overheats. They are quite impressive in a studio environment.

PRO’s - Protects drives from damage, easily swappable, convenient
CON’s - Each drive needs a tray, LCD trays will not work in standard bays

Replacement LCD Drive Trays

Trayless bays enable you to swap drives in and out without the need for individual trays. When you open a trayless bay it ejects the bare drive facilitating replacement. Anti-static procedures must be followed to avoid drive damage or data loss due to static or from touching the exposed circuit board on the drive. Trayless bays are excellent for large studio environments with large drive libraries. Drives should be stored in an anti-static bag or container to keep them safe. Trayless Bays come in two styles, with and without a fan. All Trayless Bays will have a fan except in the Burly Quiet enclosures.

PRO’s - Simple drive swapping, low cost, silent operation in "Q" enclosures
CON’s - Static precautions must be taken when handling or storing bare drives

Anti-static drive storage drawers - The perfect place to store and catalogue bare hard drives.

Fixed style bays are perfect for users who have no need to hot swap drives in and out of their enclosures. The drives are installed internally in the enclosure with mounting brackets and are not accessible unless the lid is removed. The chassis fans move enough air past the drives to keep them cool as long as they’re not enduring 100% duty cycle editing. The fixed style bays reduce the cost of an enclosure significantly in addition to making them much quieter. Fixed style bays are not recommended for heavy duty use such as editing video for long periods of time.

PRO’s - Inexpensive enclosure cost, light weight, quiet operation
CON’s - Drives can not be easily hot-swapped, no drive activity lights
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