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//Edit: It's a SAS drive. thanks for the help :))

I bought two of these a long time ago, and I recently tried to connect them to a SATA III connector without luck. The size seems to match up, but the block between the two pin segments seems to block it from connecting with SATA III.

Can you help me figure out what kind of adaptor I need ? :))

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[โ€“] RAM@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thank you :))

do you know why SAS HBAs are so expensive ? ๐Ÿฅฒ is it possible to get a cheap one ?

[โ€“] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got a used 8 port card from ebay for about $20 a few years ago. I had to flash different firmware to it using a DOS boot disk to disable raid though. It's an obsolete card, but it's been working fine in my NAS.

[โ€“] RAM@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I'll try to look some more then :))