The problem solver company. That's what I consider Icy Dock. Granted, I'm a storage product reviewer, so I'm placed directly in the line of fire for storage product problems, but this is the company that gets me out of the chaos. Icy Dock is my flak jacket in the storage battle.

With the rise of M.2 and other form factor NVMe SSDs increased the capacity of my test lab. Z270 and newer chipsets from Intel perform great with NVMe, but the SATA performance dropped off slightly on everything above Z97. My consumer storage test rack features nine 4u rackmount systems but those just cover the synthetic tests. There are also two dedicated systems for the Final Fantasy: Stormblood test and another two dedicated to enterprise testing. All but four systems see SATA drives, either 2.5-inch SSDs or 3.5" HDDs. Due to the space limitations of my four racks, some of the systems are at the very top, and I need a stepladder to load drive, at least I did until now.