Reddit reviews CableCreation [Reversed Cable Mini SAS 36Pin (SFF-8087) Male to 4 SATA 7Pin Female Cable, Mini SAS (Target) to 4 SATA (Host) Cable, 1.6ft
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Please Note, this is Reversed Cable, 4x7Pin Sata is host ,connect to the motherboard or RAID Controller with SATA ports. Mini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) is the target , connect to the Backplane with MINI-SAS portBefore you buy this cable , please make sure the Mini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) on your backplane. If the Mini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) on your motherboard or RAID Controller, this cable will not work with themMini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) connect to the Backplane, 4 x SATA connect to 4 ControllerSerial Attached SCSI (SAS) is a high-speed data storage interface designed for high-throughput and fast data accessCable Length 0.5M
You'll need one SAS/SATA channel per drive bay, so 24 in total.
Your Intel S2600CP4 does provide up to 14 channels, one per connector on the mainboard - I guess 6 of them SATA, 8 of them SAS.
That means you're at least 10 channels short to be able to use all bays.
IMO, most viable options are:
Note that option 1 might require two HBAs, depending on your budget. You might find a cheap 16i HBA (~ 200 EUR) on eBay, but you might have to settle for two 8i HBAs (~ 50 EUR / each).
The RES2SV240 mentioned in option 2 and in other replies is pretty hard to find in the EU and might run you around ~250 EUR. There are cheaper options available for a full height case (> 3U).
Option 3 might break your bank. Take a look at eBay, cheapest 24i HBAs / RAID controller is at ~630 EUR at the moment.
That said, any plans to actually run SAS drives in the case? If not, then simple SATA controllers might be the cheapest option, although, personally, I would rather not.
Going all SSD? Or a single large array/vdev? Then you might not want to run an expander.
For reference:
Im super sorry to be bothering you again, but is this one what i should get? https://www.amazon.ca/CableCreation-Reversed-SFF-8087-female-Target/dp/B013G4EQOM/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sff+reverse&qid=1566273710&s=gateway&sr=8-1
It says reversed cable, where 4x sata is the host and the target is SFF-8087