Lightweight HDD/SSD 3.5 to 2.5 adapter for hot swap server bays

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This is an adapter for 2.5 inch HDD installation for servers. In particular, it works great for the supermicro server and for my NAS. The current STL file is for ~ 7mm thick solid state drives. To use thicker discs, you will need to use a utility knife to cut a thin stop of 2.5 discs from the end of the holder. I have found various implementations of such an adapter, but they are all rather cumbersome. The advantages of my adapter: 1. It is designed to minimize airflow resistance. 2. It can handle 2.5 "discs up to 20mm thick with the simple modification described above. 3. It requires only 10 grams of plastic, which is quite a bit.