(PeteCresswell) wrote:
I have a 20-bay Norco case with proprietary drive sleds.

Periodically, I want to remove a drive, take it over to my 24-7 PC, and
run tests on the drive.

I have a slide-in SATA bay on the 24-7 PC, but unscrewing the 4 little
screws that hold the drive in the NORCO sled every time is getting old.

I am thinking maybe just a long SATA + Power cable hanging out of the
d24-7 PC's case. Something like this:
http://www.satacables.com/micro_sata_cables.html in the 36" flavor.

Then I just plug it into drive's connectors without removing it from the
sled.

Does anybody see anything wrong with this idea? I'm thinking something
around static discharges and the exposed SATA connector.

My thoughts based on doing similar things with industrial equipment:
(Assumes that you are in the USA and have normal split (2) phase
230v / 115v /115v power.)
Make sure that both machines are on the same power phase (A or B).
If there is a floating ground and one comp is on side A and the other on
side B, then 230v could be run through the machines.
If you are positive that both are on the same power side then you could
wire them together with a solid wire for anti-static purposes.
Use a shielded sata-3 data cable with locking connectors.
Keep the power and data cables separate.
Power cable can be whatever but shielded would be nice.
Keep away from electronic lights (florescent, CFL, LED, etc.).
I don't know anything about the micro sata that you posted.