The discussion to this point has been about SAS drives vs. SATA drives. While I used hard drives in the discussions, everything I have said to this point applies to SSD’s as well. This is extremely important …

Nov 26, 2019 · When googling 'SAS vs SATA' and the like, you get a lot of results that imply or directly state that SAS drives are always faster and always more reliable than SATA drives. Honestly, I doubt …

For SAS, the two connector segments (power and data) were merged, which makes it possible to attach a SATA drive to a SAS controller using the continuous (SAS) connector known as a SFF-8482 …

Jun 7, 2015 · You can usually (but not always) connect SATA drives to a SAS backplane - where the motherboard is designed to support it it will work, however there are a surprising number of corner …

Sep 30, 2017 · I have few external hard disks lying around. Googling around I found those are SAS drives. I want to convert it into an external hard drive for personal use (I'm planning to connect it to …

Oct 27, 2025 · As an exception to the above, the two protocols were designed so that most SAS controllers can also talk to SATA drives without any adapter (the controller understands ATA …

I very often hear SAS hard drives referred to as "6Gb/S". However, when looking at actual specifications, the top benchmarks are in the 100s of MB/s. Right here, the spec for the Seagate …

Oct 31, 2021 · To connect SAS drives you need a SAS controller. Most (if not all) SAS controllers support SATA drives. A SAS connectors/backplanes (SFF-8482) is compatible with standard SATA …

Mar 21, 2023 · NVMe speeds outstrip the performance of the SATA and SAS drives that came beforehand, but speed alone isn’t the only reason to consider implementing an SSD in your servers …

Apr 28, 2017 · As it turns out, my SAS hard drives have a feature known as "SAS Power Disable" according to Seagate's detailed specifications document for this drive. According to the Wikipedia …