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Daniel Frey wrote: |
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> On 5/10/20 1:02 AM, Dale wrote: |
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>> Hi Michael, |
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>> I think it is too. Your link shows about what the link I was looking |
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>> at does. |
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>> I did research the SATA and SAS connector issue again. Seagate has a |
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>> picture of both for comparison and the drive I was looking at is a |
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>> SAS drive. When I did more research, it seems you can connect a SATA |
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>> drive to SAS but not a SAS drive to SATA, unless that has changed |
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>> since the site I found posted about it. Either way, while it does |
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>> seem to be PMR, I don't want to chance it not working since it is a |
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>> SAS drive. I need to weed out SAS type drives unless I want to buy a |
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>> SAS drive controller card as well, to be certain it will work. For |
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>> those curious, this is a link that shows a picture. One has to look |
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>> closely because at a glance, they look a LOT alike. |
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>> https://www.seagate.com/support/kb/connecting-sata-drive-to-sas-controller-006170en/ |
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>> SATA drives may be plugged into SAS controllers. |
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>> SAS drives cannot be plugged into SATA controllers. |
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>> Back to digging and waiting for a good deal. |
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>> Thanks much for the help. :-D |
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> That drive is a SAS drive and they use a generic photo of a hard drive |
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> - don't rely on those. That line of hard drives offer both SATA and |
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> SAS drives dependent on model. |
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> They aren't compatible with SATA controllers. |
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> And yes, SATA drives can be used on a SAS controller - I've been |
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> running that configuration on my file server for about 12 years. |
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> Dan |
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The drive I found on ebay has a picture of the actual drive. When I |
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found the difference, the link I posted, then I could see the drive is a |
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SAS. The link I found explained that a SAS drive will not work with a |
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SATA port like I have. It can work the other way around tho like you |
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have. So, if I had a SAS controller, I could use SATA drives or SAS and |
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it work. However, I have SATA controllers and can not hook up that SAS |
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drive. They make a adapter and I found those on sale but I'm not |
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willing to spend $150 to see if it works. It might, it might not. |
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Either way, I get the difference between SATA and SAS now. Different |
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connector but seems to be a much more durable drive. |
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I thought I read a year or so ago the connectors was different but I |
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wasn't sure. I thought maybe I misunderstood something or was just |
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wrong. Turns out, it is different. The one thing I wasn't sure at all |
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on, PMR or SMR. It appeared to be PMR but I couldn't confirm it with |
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certainty. It seems drive makers are being pretty deceptive on what |
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drives use. |
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I did find a WD Red 8TB drive. It costs a good bit more. It's a good |
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deal but still costs more. I'm going to keep looking. Eventually I'll |
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either spend the money on the drive or find a really good deal. My home |
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directory is at 69% so I got some time left. Of course, my collection |
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is still growing. o_O |
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Thanks for the extra info. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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