50cm Int Mini Sas To Sata Sff8087 To 4xsata

No more to say. Solid materials and just works!

I recently ordered my SAS9260-8I Sgl Raid 8PORT Int 6GB Sas/sata Pcie 2.0 512MB and, just like the hard drives it powers, the controller comes "bare." Put that pricey new puppy in your favorite MB and you'll find yourself with no way to hook up those SATA drives designed to build out your mini-SAN.Allow me to introduce you to SFF-8087, the connector standard used on this and on controllers like HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL 8-Port SAS 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 x8 RAID HBA. It's - lamely put -- an extension cord that creates four daughter signal cables from one of the receptacles on the controller card.Works for JBOD, RAID-5 trios or whatever you need -- if controller supports it.This cable is a commodity item, but it's offered by a company that stands behind its products with real support and a lifetime warranty. Keep these Startech employees employed.About "bare" . . . Thank goodness I don't have to write a driver, which was the de facto suggestion made by LSI's acquisition target Promise after they stranded one of my controllers without a post-Vista Windows upgrade path. OK, that is a side rant.And speaking of obsolescence, make sure your intention is for internal. Serial attached SCSI standards are different for external. In addition, SFF-8087 is not the only available standard. Be ready for opaque terminology like "HBA."Not that you have many choices. If your goal is, say, RAID-5 in a DIY PCI context, you won't have many sources to choose from. Enjoy wearing that DIY hat while you can.

I have one of these cables connecting a SAS2 expander to a LSI 3108 controller on a Supermicro motherboard that uses SATA connectors. Works great out of the box. The other poster was probably using the wrong cable for his application.

Installed as expected, providing good transfer rates (close to the theoretical limit with paired with a Samsun SSD).

The product isn't high end but it's decent quality. Had no problems with the cable at all. I've been using it for a couple of months now without problem. Fit my needs perfectly.

I have purchased several items from Startech and have been pleased with each one. They have solid connections and the cables are a very nice quality. All have worked well with no issues.

I bought one of these "SFF-8087 to 4x SATA - Internal Mini SAS to SATA Reverse Cable" to replace an older cable I had in my Server because I was getting errors on one of the drives. I received the red cable that is pictured with the metal locking clips on the SATA connector, so I decided to get 3 more to replace the other old cables and make everything uniform in my Server. What a mistake that was, the new cables that I received were black, had no metal locking clip and also had electrical tape rapped around the connection where the cable connects to the SATA connector. Needless to say I installed the new cables and almost destroyed 2 pools in my Server. My advice to you is if you order these cables and you get the red ones you will be fine but if you get the black ones with the electrical tape send them back immediately do not chance it like I did with these black cables you might end up loosing some data.

Product functions well for a reasonable price. I decided to add an additional internal hard drive and this did the job.