the_wizkid Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 ok, here is a question for you all. Is it possible to mod a SATA cable, and connect it to a SAS drive. From what Im reading, they are interchangeable (at least SATA to SAS), and that SAS as a second data path to the drive (hence the differnence in the connector) for redundency. sas connector: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/15k147/SASpin.jpg sata connector: http://www.tomshardware.hu/storage/06q2/06...ctor-scheme.gif The second path to the drive is on the other side of the connector. If I mod either the physical drive, or a SATA cable (and a power cable), so i can attach it to the SAS drive, will it work? I have a spare 73gb 15K sas drive here im not using right now, and I might try it and see what happens. Im about 99% sure that the pin out on both connectors is the same, except that the SAS drive has the extra 5 pins for the second data path. Just food for thought. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maciekish Posted April 27, 2009 Share Posted April 27, 2009 ok, here is a question for you all. Is it possible to mod a SATA cable, and connect it to a SAS drive. From what Im reading, they are interchangeable (at least SATA to SAS), and that SAS as a second data path to the drive (hence the differnence in the connector) for redundency. sas connector: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/15k147/SASpin.jpg sata connector: http://www.tomshardware.hu/storage/06q2/06...ctor-scheme.gif The second path to the drive is on the other side of the connector. If I mod either the physical drive, or a SATA cable (and a power cable), so i can attach it to the SAS drive, will it work? I have a spare 73gb 15K sas drive here im not using right now, and I might try it and see what happens. Im about 99% sure that the pin out on both connectors is the same, except that the SAS drive has the extra 5 pins for the second data path. Just food for thought. Thanks! Did it work? I want to use a SATA cable for my SAS drives as the damn SAS cable is way to expensive.. At least to check if the SAS controller works to boot form, then i might get a proper SAS cable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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