SAS hard drive

[Windows9]

Will this controller work with this hard drive. Also do I need a special SAS cable

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, AMD1234 said:

Will this controller work with this hard drive. Also do I need a special SAS cable

Why do you want to use sas drives? There's normal sata drives getting recommended for the same price there.

Will it work? Yes if you get the correct cables. You'll need a 1x SAS to 4x cable and then plug a sata power cable + the end of the sas splitter into a adapter that adapts these cables to fit the drive unless you already have a correctly fitted cable.

[Windows9]

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Why do you want to use sas drives?

I can get 2TB for only £17

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

There's normal sata drives getting recommended for the same price there.

2TB will cost me around £40

5 minutes ago, jaslion said:

You'll need a 1x SAS to 4x cable

Will this work https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cabledeconn-G0101-MINI-SAS-36P-SFF-8087-to-4-SATA-7P-Splitter-Cable-Cord/333474412676

 

Can you send me a link to the other parts

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, AMD1234 said:

I can get 2TB for only £17

2TB will cost me around £40

Will this work https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cabledeconn-G0101-MINI-SAS-36P-SFF-8087-to-4-SATA-7P-Splitter-Cable-Cord/333474412676

 

Can you send me a link to the other parts

Yeah but you are getting a 17 pound drive + 25 + 4,18. Also it's a used server hdd those usually have a lot of operating hours on it and not much life left. Buying used hdds in general is not a good idea.

 

3 minutes ago, AMD1234 said:

I can get 2TB for only £17

2TB will cost me around £40

Will this work https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cabledeconn-G0101-MINI-SAS-36P-SFF-8087-to-4-SATA-7P-Splitter-Cable-Cord/333474412676

 

Can you send me a link to the other parts

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SATA-22-7-15-Pin-Male-To-SAS-29Pin-Female-Extension-Adapter-Convertor-Assembly/123873306902?hash=item1cd76ca916:g:WTEAAOSw1DtXLFM0

 

You'll need one for every drive you try to connect.

[Windows9]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

You'll need one for every drive you try to connect.

Can I not just jam a SATA power connector in

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

used server hdd those usually have a lot of operating hours on it and not much life left

I got a drive with 90,000 hours on it and it is still working 6 months later

[jaslion]

Just now, AMD1234 said:

Can I not just jam a SATA power connector in

I got a drive with 90,000 hours on it and it is still working 6 months later

Most definitely not. Sata and sas connectors are different and have plastic in the way that prevents you from connecting a sata and sata power connector directly. Yes drives with a lot of hours may keep working it's more about how much it has been written on.