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| From | Raj Kundra <raj@kundracomputers.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc, alt.comp.misc, england.comp.misc, uk.comp.homebuilt, uk.comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Anyone able to advise on SAS hard discs and SAS controllers in a domestic home PC? |
| Date | 2022-08-17 22:26 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <tdjmdt$i6pq$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <tdic5a$dm1a$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 5 groups.
On 17/08/2022 10:24, SH wrote: > Hello all, > > I have a domestic personal PC in a Tower case that has two Adaptec > 7805T controllers. These controllers can work with either SATA or SAS > drives. > > I currently use SATA drives on the Adaptec 7805 cards and this is > being used as a NAS. > > I've seen a cheap deal for some SAS drives that are bigger in capacity > and faster than the current SATA drives > > I understand that SATA drives have 2 seperate connectors for power and > data whereas on SAS drives they are one physical connector that > carries both power and data. > > Now the Adaptec cards clearly only have data connecotrs. Typically SAS > drives are used with a SAS backplane in enterprise grade servers. > > So can I get away with SAS breakout cables like these in order to use > my exisiting case and Adaptec 7805 cards with SAS drives or am I > overlooking something? > > Sometrhing like this: > > https://www.newegg.com/3ware-cbl-sas8087ocf-06m/p/N82E16816116091 > > (there are reports of SAS drives not being recognised consistently > where an alternative method is used to a SAS backplane) > > Otherwise I will have to invest in a enterprise grade server case to > support SAS drives properly. > I do not if this helps, I strip SAS controllors from dell workstations and sell them on E bay. This is what with 12GB/s speed ones look like and have cables for, hope it helps. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304567582990
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Anyone able to advise on SAS hard discs and SAS controllers in a domestic home PC? SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2022-08-17 10:24 +0100
Re: Anyone able to advise on SAS hard discs and SAS controllers in a domestic home PC? GB <NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid> - 2022-08-17 10:59 +0100
Re: Anyone able to advise on SAS hard discs and SAS controllers in a domestic home PC? SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2022-08-17 13:48 +0100
Re: Anyone able to advise on SAS hard discs and SAS controllers in a domestic home PC? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2022-08-17 15:50 +0100
Re: Anyone able to advise on SAS hard discs and SAS controllers in a domestic home PC? SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2022-08-17 17:10 +0100
Re: Anyone able to advise on SAS hard discs and SAS controllers in a domestic home PC? Raj Kundra <raj@kundracomputers.co.uk> - 2022-08-17 22:26 +0100
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