Re: Z240 SFF - caddy/insert for 3.5" HDD in

jeffparker,

There ae specific 5.25" to 3.5" (and 2.5")  drive bay adapters.  I would be very surprised if HP does not make such an item. 

There are a variety of third-party designs designs and a couple can be configured for  both 3.5" and 2.5". Here's a page of examples in the US:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=5.25+to+3.5%22+bay+adapter&N=-1&isNodeId=1

I've thought about one of these for a long time for one of our z420's,  but my thought is to use a hot swap version for a backup drive, so all the systems in the office share one backup that can be kept off site.  An example:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994143&cm_re=5.25_to_3.5%22_bay_adapter-_-17-994-143-_-Product

One other possibility if you need more capacity, is to have a PCIe or RAID card with eSATA and you can connect to an  NAS stack / enclosure-2,3,or 4 drives. For example:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816129101

Cheers,

BambiBoomZ