SAS question

Massive Attack · 30 May 2007 at 13:33

hi guys considering gettting a 15K SAS drive, am i right in thinking its just the same as sata but there are effectivly 4 sata cables connected to the drive in one connector?, also is a controler required or can i use 4 sata ports on my mobo? also what is the blue cable for?

brendy · 30 May 2007 at 13:40

that looks more like a 4 port cable that connects to a controller, sata and sas connectors are similar.

phykell · 30 May 2007 at 13:48

A SAS controller will handle a SATA drive but not vice-versa.

Incidentally, I believe that cable is for a backplane or breakout from a SAS controller as it has an SFF-8484 connector and the extra cable is a sideband connector for system management and LED control.

brendy · 30 May 2007 at 14:44

phykell said:
A SAS controller will handle a SATA drive but not vice-versa.

Incidentally, I believe that cable is for a backplane or breakout from a SAS controller as it has an SFF-8484 connector and the extra cable is a sideband connector for system management and LED control.

By similar i meant that they are physically one connector, not the 4 way shown in his pic.