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Will a SATA SSD be compatible with my PowerEdge R810 SAS controller?

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Hey all, I recently obtained a PowerEdge R810, and it has a bunch of SAS hot-swappable bays in the front. It's a 2.5" enclosure and I'm wondering if a SATA SSD would work in it.

 

I'm replacing the drives because they are very slow and old. When using Windows, it will take a good while for things to load, and Windows even froze because of the drive speed. 

 

Also, I know SAS is meant to run almost constantly, but I'm using this for home use, so I'm not concerned about constant use. I can't see my little siblings hitting the server every single second.

 

Thank you 🙂

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It should/will. SAS controllers are usually backwards compatible with SATA just not vise versa.

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1 minute ago, Windows7ge said:

It should/will. SAS controllers are usually backwards compatible with SATA just not vise versa.

That's what I've been reading, I just wanted to make sure I understood it properly. Thanks 🙂

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