Icy Dock ToughArmor MB720M2K-B SSD enclosure Black M.2

The ToughArmor MB720M2K-B is the world’s first quad M.2 NVMe ruggedized removable enclosure. With our enclosure, your NVMe SSD no longer requires to be installed on to the motherboard or even a riser card which is typically held on with a tiny screw. Now it could be installed and accessed from the comfort of the frontal bay of the computer. In addition, it comes with our patent-pending M.2 adjustable drive locker which can easily place your drive without any tools or screws.

The MB720M2K-B is designed to house up to 4x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD, supporting blazing fast PCIe x4 transfer speed over 32Gbps via MiniSAS HD (SFF-8643). Our specialized drive tray accepts all standard M.2 drives length from 30mm to 110mm (2230, 2242, 2260, 2280, & 22110). As M.2 drives are notorious for reach high temperatures, each drive tray is equipped with a high efficiency aluminum heat sink to ensure your drives remains within optimal temperatures even under heavy load. As it is part of the ToughArmor Series, the enclosure and trays are made of metal to ensure the maximum protection against your drives and with an included barrel key lock, it prevents any unauthorized physical access.

World’s First Quad M.2 NVMe Removable SSD Mobile Rack

A typical M.2 NVMe is installed on the motherboard or even a riser card which is often secured by a tiny screw. With this method, it can be a hassle and a time-consuming process to install or remove the drive physically. However, with the ToughArmor MB720M2K-B, your drives are brought to the front of the computer case, making M.2 drive installation and removal a more straightforward and efficient process.

Demonstration

When using the ToughArmor MB720M2K-B, the user can simply place their M.2 NVMe SSD in the drive tray, adjust the drive locker to the correct length per M.2 drive size and be set to go. With this method, it will take users a few seconds per drive tray to install, avoid the hassle of dealing with tools and screws while being more efficient and innovative way to installing M.2 drives.

Full Drive Length Support

The patent-pending adjustable M.2 locker slider accommodates all standard M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD drives including 2230 (30mm), 2242 (42mm), 2260 (60mm), and 22110 (110mm), making this drive universal to all drive length and future-proofing the extra long M.2 110mm drive.

EMI Grounding Technology

As little do people know, grounding your drive is very important through many swaps; to ensure your drive and most importantly your drives are always safe. Without grounding, when swapping drives, there is a high possibility that there may be static shocks which can damage your drive and lose your data. With our innovative adjustable M.2 locker, it grounds your drive automatically once your M.2 locker clips into the SSD screw hole. The drive will be constantly grounded throughout the tray and housing of the enclosure. The grounded connector design protects your drives from static electrical surge, ensuring your data is always safe during drive swapping.

Superior Performance

To fully use the speeds of NVMe, each drive will use its’ own MiniSAS HD (SFF-8643) connector, maximizing the potential transfer bandwidth rate of 32Gbps in each drive bay which is over 5 times faster than previous SATA standard. This makes an ideal solution for data intensive application such as real-time servers, high performance PCs, deep-learning machines, and 4K / 8K / 3D media workstations.

ToughArmor Protection

Ensuring the enclosure can be relied upon for many years, the ToughArmor MB720M2K-B is capable of holding up in the harshest environment. It comes equipped with rugged heavy duty full-metal protection throughout the entire device and tray, making it perfect for industrial devices that may require a flammability rating. Because of the high build quality, it can be used in various enterprise systems including the military and law enforcement industries along with manufacturing conditions such as embedded control and factory automation systems.

Maximum Cooling Performance

As M.2 NVMe SSD are notorious for reaching high temperature, it is important to keep it cooled at all times or it may result in performance degradation and transfer speed throttling. As we understand this may be concerning to some, on each drive tray it comes equipped a extra-large high efficiency aluminum heatsinked. Additionally, it comes with thermal pads included to ensure the extra excessive heat is dispersed throughout the entire heatsink.

Working together with the dual 40mm ball-bearing cooling fan, the heat is further dispersed through the intelligently place ventilation holes throughout the entire enclosure. Each fan has three fan settings: high, low, and off. The user can manually select the proper cooling option to keep the drives at optimal operating temperatures, even under heavy load.

Packed with Features

An LED status light built into the tray lets you know your drive is powered up and in use. To save power, the LED is shut off when no drive is installed.

For an additional physical layer of security, the included key-lock can be used to protect against unwanted access and secure drives in particularly rough environment, such as military application and in-vehicle PCs.

Never forget which drives belong in what bays. With our individual drive ID labels, you’ll always know which drive tray belongs in your RAID array or which drives contains certain files. Freely unplug and rearrange them to better suit your configurations or simply remove them for a simplified look

The ToughArmor MB720M2K-B supports 15 pin SATA power cables with locking latches, so you’ll never need to worry about cables unintentionally disconnecting from your enclosure. Once these cables are connected, they will lock and stay in place.