On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Timothy Coalson <tsc...@mst.edu> writes: > > > Those pics make me wonder where you are going to put all those hard > drives > > (and if duct tape will be involved). I see only 2 spots meant for them > > that are empty. > > Sorry to badger at you about this stuff... > > Does this kind of SAS drive (hp-507616-b21-hard-drive-2tb-7200rpm) > shown at the URL below fit into a different kind of holder than those > sata drives on my machine? > > > http://harddrives.nanakonadu.com/hp-507616-b21-hard-drive-2tb-7200rpm-sas-600-serial-attached-scsi-3-5-inch-internal/ > > And is it likely I could run these with no problem? > I've never bought drives with a pre-attached bracket like that (assuming the pictures are accurate), which are intended for hotswap bays in some system, but I would expect them to be a standard SAS drive screwed into a bracket. Standard SAS drives have the same screw hole placement as SATA, so you are fine there, but a SAS drive's connector is slightly different, and won't accept a SATA cable, due to a filled-in gap (that has a second data connection on the flip side): http://www.serialstoragewire.org/images/articles/it24fig1.jpg https://developers.seagate.com/download/attachments/1769518/Pinout%20Locations.jpg?version=1&modificationDate=1381516991000&api=v2 Most people use SAS in hotswap bays built for them, and therefore don't have this problem. You'll need a special cable or adapter to use them this way - it would probably be better to get SATA drives (consumer or enterprise, depending on your tastes), as they will work on a SAS controller. As for horror stories about SATA/SAS mix, they generally involve a SAS expander (mainly used to connect to lots of disks without lots of controller cards) with SATA disks behind it, so in your case it doesn't apply. > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
