Is it possible to have a SAS to SATA.
e.g the server has SAS onboard, and I want to use SATA drives instead of the SAS ones (cheaper and easier to source here in Australia).
They have cables on this website -> http://www.techcable.com/HTML/SAS.htm
Will they work just by plugging in the SAS to the SATA using that cable?
The server is an IBM xSeries 345.
Thanks,
JD
Further to this the SAS is Ultra 320 scsi/sca2/lvd, 80 pin i think.
Best Answer
SAS and SATA have exactly the same connections (unless it's a dual port drive, which has an extra port on the underneath side). The SATA command set is a subset of the SAS commmand set. That means that a SATA drive will work perfectly well on a SAS controller. That is the case with ever SAS controller I have tried.
Please note, this is NOT the case for SAS drives on a SATA contrller, that won't work. Only SATA drives on a SAS controller.
Having said that, if your connections are 80 pin Ultra 320, then it's not a SAS controller but a SCSI contrller. It's as different as SATA and IDE. Won't work. There are SCSI to SATA adapters around, but check they can use large drives as not all can.
Hope this helps.
PD UK