[geeks] SATA vs SAS?

[Lionel Peterson]

"Large" capacity SAS drives are quite cheap on eBay. I recently picked up 6 800G 2.5" SAS drives *with* the sleds I needed for $60 shipped. The sleds alone were $10-15/ea...

Just another option...

Ken

> On Mar 30, 2023, at 15:36, 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
> 
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