How about something like this, can hold one or two SATA interface SSD's in the carrier.

This bay fits into a standard 3.5 Inch Floppy Bay.

http://www.cru-dataport.com/products/DataPort-25-SATA.php

I don't think there has ever been a 3.5 Inch Form Factor SSD made, they are all 2.5" Form Factors like Notebook HDD's are.

In case you are looking for an IDE Interface type, they have that too.

http://www.cru-dataport.com/products/DataPort-25-IDE.php

But I do not think there are any IDE interface SSD's any longer, there may not have ever been so you would have to use an IDE2SATA Interface adapter which then negates being able to use the above carriers.

No, ssds have the same interface as hdds. So it's as hard or easy to unplug a ssd as an hdd

Edit as bigbod writes 😉

yeah, you can't "hot-swap" SSDs.

also - depending on what you mean by "migrate", it may or may not be wise, given that the lifetime of Flash SSD media is limited (strictly by R/W cycles).

VileRancour wrote:

yeah, you can't "hot-swap" SSDs.

You can, as long as the host interface and OS support AHCI.

Of course if we're talking about SATA<->IDE adaptors and DOS, then you don't have that functionality.

I've actually had some luck "hot swapping" SSDs in a completely improper way, ie without AHCI.

You see, some mobos will set the ATA Security of ATA drives to Locked on POST. If you want to secure erase a drive, this is a show stopper. The way to reset this state is to pull the power plug when the system is booted up and then re-power the drive. Linux and DOS seem to tolerate this alright. But I certainly wouldn't count on data safety, especially if you have any write behind caching in use.

true, if the BIOS doesn't detect a powered drive at boot-up it cannot be locked - but I'd only do such a thing as a last resort for erasing the drive.... at which point data safety would be moot. Almost, anyway.

can't wait for non-Flash based SSD technology to become mainstream. PRAM looks promising, but what do I know.