Shigo_Naito Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 Hello, I want to add an external hard drive 4u enclosure to my Unraid here is the basic data cable conections: SAS HBA controller -> SAS expander -> SATA drives My question is from the controller to the expander can I go by SAS cable lengths or do I still have to go by SATA? I think the expander ups the signal to SAS standards but I am not to familiar with SAS and SATA aside from general information. Basic list of devices (not everything just the items for this part): LSI M1050 Controller Intel Res2cv360 Expander NORCO RPC-4220 Thanks for the help Link to comment
JorgeB Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, Shigo_Naito said: My question is from the controller to the expander can I go by SAS cable lengths or do I still have to go by SATA? SAS, but avoid getting close to the max, expander to SATA disks you're limited to 1m, but again if possible avoid max, e.g. use 0.5m Link to comment
Shigo_Naito Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 yep I am hopping to use 1.5m-2m 8088 cable to the box and then .5m from the expander to the bay. Link to comment
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