S.A.S drives

kiel367 · 7 Dec 2009 at 00:33

anyone know if you need a specific board to run one of these? i have one in work but im not sure exactly what i would need to run it, all i know is that they run at a very high speed, so if anyone could help in telling me it would be appreciated, thanks.

PhillyDee · 7 Dec 2009 at 01:29

You will need an SAS controller card.
SSD's are faster.

SATA drives are compatible with SAS cards, but not the other way around.

Stonedofmoo · 7 Dec 2009 at 08:13

The 15k RPM drives are indeed very fast, however for desktop use they aren't worth it. The reason being the firmware tends to be optimised for server applications and reliability rather than straight transfer rates which is what a desktop wants.

samir_ansari · 7 Dec 2009 at 13:04

I got one from work too and I went and got a cheapo controller card. I must say I was extremely dissapointed in the speed (and the NOISE) of the thing. Even if you get one for free it isnt worth spending money on the controller card.

HAz · 7 Dec 2009 at 13:24

PhillyDee said:
You will need an SAS controller card.
SSD's are faster.

SATA drives are compatible with SAS cards, but not the other way around.

lol is that quote in your sig for real?

daz · 7 Dec 2009 at 13:25

Stonedofmoo said:
rather than straight transfer rates which is what a desktop wants.

Wait, what? :confused:

samir_ansari · 7 Dec 2009 at 13:43

Stonedofmoo said:
rather than straight transfer rates which is what ocuk forum members want.

I think thats what he meant

kiel367 · 1 Jan 2010 at 20:46

aah fair doo's i think i will leave it in work in the box lol

bifday2k · 1 Jan 2010 at 21:13

To get the best out of them you'd have to spend a lot on a decent controller card, which can cost the same as decent SSD's so basicly for home SSD would be better.

dlknight · 12 Jan 2010 at 19:52

I have 2x Fujitsu 15k drives in RAID-0 on a Dell Perc 5/i Raid Card, the access time is phenomenal and I am nearly always the first person in the game on a TF2 map change

If you watch the flea-bay sometimes you can get lucky and pick up a cheap Dell Raid Card, they can also be used with normal SATA drives as well as SAS drives.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13612146#post13612146

Mercutio · 12 Jan 2010 at 21:55

Also making use of the perc and considering they can be got for around £75 they aren't so bad. I'd still save the cash/sell the SAS and buy an SSD tbh.

jammir · 12 Jan 2010 at 22:31

I run two off my motherboard controller in raid 1 not really fast and very nosie but its running in my fileserver

kerrgreg · 12 Jan 2010 at 23:27

there is a sas controller on the members market too but you wont bet access to that yet they can be picked up cheap the dell ones are great and would be ideal for you and would be cheaper than a 120gb ssd even 2nd hand