[geeks] SATA vs SAS?

[Joshua D. Boyd]

A SATA disk connected directly to a SAS controller will generally work. Some SAS controllers are limited to SATA disks of under 2tb.

Where there can be difficulty is if there is a SAS port multiplier involved, or some types of SAS back plane.

On the X4100, I believe they use one of the SAS controllers that has trouble with larger SATA disks.  I don't know if there is anything else to prevent using sata in it.

On March 30, 2023 4:35:47 PM EDT, Mouse via geeks <geeks at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>I'm wondering just how compatible SATA and SAS are.
>
>I have a machine (a SunFire X4100) which takes SAS drives.  But I have
>few SAS drives and plenty of SATA drives.  The SATA drives fit
>mechanically, and I have a fuzzy memory of hearing that they're
>compatible enough to use.  Anyone know whether the X4100 will work with
>SATA drives?  I'd rather not "just try it", as I don't want to risk
>frying the X4100's disk interface.
>
>Anyone happen to know?
>
>					Mouse
>
>_______________________________________________
>GEEKS:  http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks_sunhelp.org
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://sunhelp.org/pipermail/geeks_sunhelp.org/attachments/20230330/a5018c52/attachment.html>