Re: SAS expander

On 11/9/24 14:26, Don Y wrote:

AFAICT, a SAS expander should also support SATA drives.  Can anyone confirm that -- or, is it an "implementation defined" condition? (I have external enclosures thusly enabled)

I'm 80% certain that you can put a SATA drive on a SAS controller via a SAS expander without any problems.

And, can anyone recommend an *internal* SAS extender (I don't want/need an external enclosure as all of the drives are 2.5" SSDs and, thus, considerably smaller than 3.5" magnetic disk slots) that would handle a dozen or more?

I've seen multiple half height and full height 5-1/4 bay modules that will accept multiple 2-1/2 inch drives.  The half height versions could hold six drives horizontally and the full height versions could hold many more vertically.
Check out the usual electronic haunts; Amazon, ebay, etc.  I like Amazon in that as a Prime member, it's quite easy to return something (in good condition) if it doesn't work.
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Grant. . . .