I bought an 8 port controller card for sata drives and when it arrived I couldn't understand why there were no sata sockets on it only these
https://ibb.co/4RvdP6R
I think I have sussed it but need someone to confirm before I spend any more money or return the card. Is it one of these I need:-
https://ibb.co/SdcmdVs
One end goes into one of the 2 sockets on the card then I simply plug the 4 leads into the 4 hard drives and I am good to go?
On 13 Nov 2024 at 19:38:41 GMT, ""Lilly the punk"" <sugarplum@protonmail.invalid> wrote:
I bought an 8 port controller card for sata drives and when it arrived I couldn't understand why there were no sata sockets on it only these
https://ibb.co/4RvdP6R
SAS ports, with four SATA channels in each.
I think I have sussed it but need someone to confirm before I spend any more
money or return the card. Is it one of these I need:-
https://ibb.co/SdcmdVs
Yep.
One end goes into one of the 2 sockets on the card then I simply plug
the 4 leads into the 4 hard drives and I am good to go?
Should be. LSI SAS cards are widely supported across any OS you might
put on PC hardware.
On 13 Nov 2024 at 19:38:41 GMT, ""Lilly the punk"" <sugarplum@protonmail.invalid> wrote:
I bought an 8 port controller card for sata drives and when it arrived I couldn't understand why there were no sata sockets on it only these
https://ibb.co/4RvdP6R
SAS ports, with four SATA channels in each.
I think I have sussed it but need someone to confirm before I spend any more
money or return the card. Is it one of these I need:-
https://ibb.co/SdcmdVs
Yep.
One end goes into one of the 2 sockets on the card then I simply plug
the 4 leads into the 4 hard drives and I am good to go?
Should be. LSI SAS cards are widely supported across any OS you might
put on PC hardware.
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