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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
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
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2 Reddit comments about 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:

u/couchtyp · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

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:

  1. Onboard SAS controller + HBA (i.e. LSI 9201-16i or 2x LSI 9210-8i)
  • 8x S2600CP4 SAS Port -> 2x Backplane (reverse breakout cable, 8 channels)
  • 4x HBA -> 4x Backplane (SFF8087, 16 channels)
  1. SAS Expander (i.e. RES2SV240 / IBM 46M0997) + onboard SAS controller
  • 4x S2600CP4 SAS Port -> 1x Backplane (reverse breakout cable, 4 channels)
  • 4x S2600CP4 SAS Port -> 1x SAS Expander (reverse breakout cable, 4 channels)
  • 5x SAS Expander -> 5x Backplane (SFF8087, 20 channels)
  1. HBA with 24i
  • 6x HBA -> 6x Backplane (SFF8087, 24 channels)

    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:

  • Reverse SFF8087-SATA cable (Mainboard to Expander / Mainboard to Backplane)
  • SFF8087-SFF8087 cable (HBA to Backplane / Expander to Backplane)
  • Dell Perc H310 / LSI 9240-8i, eBay @ ~60 EUR
  • LSI MegaRAID 9280-16i4e, eBay @ ~360 EUR
  • LSI MegaRAID 9305-24i, eBay @ ~630 EUR
  • Intel RES2SV240 SAS Expander, eBay @ ~180 EUR
  • IBM ServeRAID 46M0997 Expander, eBay @ ~70 EUR
u/Practical_Egg · 1 pointr/bapcsalescanada

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