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Mini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) Male Is to Connect the Controller, 4x SATA Is to Connect to the backplane.Mini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) Male is Host, 4 x SATA female is targetMini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) connect to the Controller, 4 Sata connect to 4 HDD.Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is a high-speed data storage interface designed for high-throughput and fast data accessCable Length 1.6FT
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15 Reddit comments about CableCreation Mini SAS 36Pin (SFF-8087) Male to 4 SATA 7Pin Female Cable, Mini SAS Host/Controller to 4 SATA Target/Backplane, 0.5M …:

u/bobj33 · 6 pointsr/DataHoarder

$20 PCI-E SATA cards are cheap for a reason. Many of them are buggy with random drop outs.

Most of us prefer cards with LSI Logic chips (now owned by Avago/Broadcom) which use the enterprise SAS interface. SAS drives are more expensive and most home users have no use for the more advanced features. But since SAS is a superset of SATA you can just connect SATA drives to a SAS card using these $8 cables that convert a SAS internal SFF-8087 port to 4 SATA ports.

https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-SFF-8087-Female-Controller-Backplane/dp/B013G4EMH8/

A new LSI SAS card is expensive but just buy a used one on eBay from a one of the many high rated sellers on eBay.

Literally just search eBay for "LSI SAS" or "LSI SAS 8i" if you want 8 internal ports.

u/mpogopogo · 5 pointsr/DataHoarder

No reason to buy new when there are a million LSI cards out there for sale. Get an LSI card (or clone like IBM M1015, etc) and flash it to IT mode or buy one that already has been flashed. I recently purchased 2 cards for $19 shipped.

As for cables, there are lots of 8087 to SATA cables available. You need a forward breakout cable and they are available at Amazon or Newegg for cheap.

u/gzunk · 2 pointsr/buildapc

You can likely drive up to 8 SATA drives from this card. You just need the SFF-8087 to SATA breakout cables. It'll could support even more through SAS expanders / multipliers.

u/benuntu · 2 pointsr/DataHoarder

You don't necessarily need two different cards, it just looks nicer that way and it's easier to disconnect the drives. If you want a proper setup, go with multiple cards and cables:

  1. In the PowerEdge, you'll want an external HBA like the LSI SAS9200-16e.
  2. In the disk shelf, you'd install two "external SAS to internal SAS brackets" like this one.
  3. To connect the two cards, you'll want an external SAS cable (or SFF-8088 to SFF-8088), the length depending on your setup.
  4. And finally, to connect your drives, you'll need an internal miniSAS to SATA breakout cable (one cable connects 4 drives). I've used these SFF-8087 to SATA cables and they work fine.

    Another option, which is super janky but works is to just get some long SFF-8087 to SATA cables and run them out of the PowerEdge and into the disk shelf case. Definitely not as clean, and kind of a pain in the ass to work on...but much cheaper!


    As for powering the whole thing, all you need is a power supply. You can use the paper clip PSU trick and then use the PSU switch to turn it on. Another option if you wanted to mount the power switch elsewhere would be to use a PSU power switch that plugs into the 24-pin connector and provides an actual toggle switch that you could mount wherever you like.
u/Cyromaniap · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I use a LSI 9211-8i flashed in IT mode so its plug and play.

Got it from ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-IT-Mode-Genuine-LSI-9211-8i-8-port-PCI-E-Card-Bulk-pack-US-SameDayShipping/291641245650?hash=item43e72c3fd2:g:hboAAOSwOgdYxx1I:rk:2:pf:0

For a case you can look into something like a Supermicro 2U like this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-CSE-826BE16-R920LPB-2U-Server-Chassis-2x-920W-12-Bay-BPN-SAS2-826EL1/283181634754?epid=1203915313&hash=item41eef0d4c2:g:3icAAOSwG~Vbq8to:rk:5:pf:0

There is a Lenovo 2U that is talked about around here and the data hoarder sub but i cant think of the model at the moment.


Only thing with that supermicro i listed is it looks like it has two U.2 connections to connect to the HBA So you can either get a HBA that has two U.2 ports (cost more) and be done with it or get the HBA i listed pull out the U.2 to SFF 8087 connectors and get one SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cable and one SFF-8087 to sata cable.

https://www.amazon.com/CABLEDECONN-Internal-36-Pin-SFF-8087-Cable/dp/B00S7KU3PC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543276984&sr=8-3&keywords=SFF-8087+to+SFF-8087

https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-SFF-8087-Female-Controller-Backplane/dp/B013G4EMH8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543277008&sr=8-3&keywords=SFF-8087+to+sata

One will plug into the sas backplane and the cable with the breakout cables will go into the two hotswap bays in the back of the case..

When dealing with a case that has a backplane you are looking for anything that is SAS2 or above if it is using a SAS Expander. Those backplanes will handle larger HDD no problem. If the backplane has a direct attach backplane (ie no built in expander) then SAS will work fine.

u/Cjbconnor · 2 pointsr/homelab

Grab something like a LSI 9201-8i (like this) and a pair of SAS to sata breakout cables (like this).

u/Keruo · 2 pointsr/sysadmin

Servers have SAS backplanes behind drive slots. Depending on design, the drive cage might be SATA or SAS and plug into a generic connector on the backplane. Although it's much more common to have cages without adapters which just plug into the backplane. The drive would stick out of the chassis when using adapter like that.

You select the correct backplane type when ordering the server. When buying from a proper vendor, servers are delivered as functioning units and do not require any internal cabling.

For homebuild like yours, you probably want something like this and this

u/gilahacker · 1 pointr/unRAID

I'm using two of these, myself:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085FT2JC

They work great with my 4 and 10 TB HGST NAS drives, but I did have a problem with my Samsung 850 EVO SSD. There is a firmware update available for them that I haven't tried yet (I just moved the EVO to on-board SATA ports and it's fine).

Edit: You'll need cables like these (it doesn't come with them): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013G4EMH8

u/TheBigGame117 · 1 pointr/freenas

I found this guide and it has a link to broadcom's page (i guess they bought out LSI, sweet)


https://nguvu.org/freenas/Convert-LSI-HBA-card-to-IT-mode/


Seems legit?


I'm gonna give it a shot tonight after work, I have 2 of these cards (I need just one for now) and 4 of these cables, I guess once I confirm my firmware is correct I can swap out cables to check that...


https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B013G4EMH8/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/meleniumshane90 · 1 pointr/PleX

I'm trying to decide between upgrading my current build to support more hard drives vs selling it and building something new. The most simultaneous streams has been 4, generally there are 2 or fewer.

> It's my Plex & file server, but I have it hooked up to my home theater setup where I use PMP & Netflix. Every once in a while, gaming is done on the thing. I don't have any redundancy setup, I just make file list & registry dumps every few weeks using a script to local & cloud storage.
>
> I have a 1st Gen FireTV hooked up to my surround sound receiver as well, but the last time I used it GoT was still on. It pissed me off with Plex a long time ago, so I don't use it.

.

Current setup:

Cooler Master Storm Scout
AMD FX-8320
Gigabyte 970A-UD3P
16GB (2x8) DDR3
PNY GTX 950 2GB
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128GB SSD (OS)
5 x 1.5TB (WD Black) only 1 installed
2 x 3TB (WD RED)
1 x 8TB (Shucc)
not shucked yet, back from RMA
2 x 10TB (Shucc | will be adding more Black Friday)
BluRay Drive ** disconnected

Note: I am missing the hard drive rails.
Currently Plex Usage: 20TB

I saw someone recommend this:

Dell PERC H310 + (2) of the SFF-8087 to 4 SATA Breakout Cables.

I either need a new tower or find hard drive trays & 5.25 -> 3.5" adapters

u/epaphras · 1 pointr/homelab

So my next stupid idea is getting an 8087 to 4*SATA plugging those SATA drives into the integrated port and seeing what happens.

u/chubbysumo · 1 pointr/homelab

>So I want the power from that socket, but the data from the other SAS controller - does that make sense?

Yup. Get yourself some sata power extension cables to hijack the power from those plugs, then get a Sata to SAS breakout cable like this to run the drives to the H700. It will take up some space in the case, but you should be able to make it all fit with some finagling.