<html><head></head><body><div dir="auto">A SATA disk connected directly to a SAS controller will generally work. Some SAS controllers are limited to SATA disks of under 2tb.<br><br>Where there can be difficulty is if there is a SAS port multiplier involved, or some types of SAS back plane.<br><br>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.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto">On March 30, 2023 4:35:47 PM EDT, Mouse via geeks <geeks@sunhelp.org> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail"><div dir="auto">I'm wondering just how compatible SATA and SAS are.<br><br>I have a machine (a SunFire X4100) which takes SAS drives. But I have<br>few SAS drives and plenty of SATA drives. The SATA drives fit<br>mechanically, and I have a fuzzy memory of hearing that they're<br>compatible enough to use. Anyone know whether the X4100 will work with<br>SATA drives? I'd rather not "just try it", as I don't want to risk<br>frying the X4100's disk interface.<br><br>Anyone happen to know?<br><br> Mouse<hr>GEEKS: <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks_sunhelp.org">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/geeks_sunhelp.org</a><br></div></pre></blockquote></div></body></html>