A cheap way to test one SAS drive when fail with this connector and a SAS controller intern, cables.

[@kimmygaming3407]

Epic fail! LOL. It won't detect the drive without a sas controller connected on your normal PC.

[@leadiususa7394]

Pretty much yep! That is why I recommended using a SAS controller. SATA will not work

[@kimmygaming3407]

@@leadiususa7394 But the caption is misleading.

[@leadiususa7394]

@@kimmygaming3407 Not sure by it being misleading but maybe you can recommend a better title. I am good with that to make things clearer..

[@kimmygaming3407]

@@leadiususa7394 Well, you can caption it "Cheap SAS to Sata Cable from Newegg. Trying to test a SAS drive to normal PC. FAILED!" that's it. "A cheap way to test just one SAS drive when they fail" is misleading because the drive you tested didn't actually been properly tested because the cable will not work on normal PC. Cheers

[@hoozkanoo8133]

@@leadiususa7394 I don't think you did. You said neither HBA nor RAID cards would be good for testing. Also you indicate that you connect "the SATA cable" to the motherboard. (I have never seen external SAS connectors on a mainboard so I assume you connected "the SATA cable" to a SATA port.) The best you could hope for is an error indicating that the disk fails to speak SATA. Which is clear from the outset. Just admit you have no clue

[@devilzuser0050]

Hello youtube! again startin in 144p, clicking a 100times on settings icon, nothing happens, reload page, cliclking again set it up to 1080p, thanks tp working man! No need to update this shit, only care about adblockers!

[@justw4lkbesideme]

thx i need this

[@leadiususa7394]

No problem , remember that SAS drives need SAS controllers to see them, SATA controllers will not see a SAS drive even if you use a SATA bridge cable like this one. SAS controllers can come with SATA connectors so that is why this works. /:> Enjoy!

[@josneira1827]

you're using a b450 can tell because that's the exact same BIOs screen i see....Do you know if a HBA SAS/SATA multiplier / Expansion card, would work with this mobo? or which ones would work, to use with standard 7200 SATA HDD's?, i just inquired about one and the seller, who i think was a tech specialist, replied that although not 100% it wouldn't work, i'd really like the opinion of someone who really knows what they are talking about....cheers and i agree that's a really useful adaptor

[@leadiususa7394]

If the add-on has the correct added SAS HBA/RAID mode loaded then yes it would work but you need the license key to enable it. If it a straight setup then no. It would work only like a SATA basic controller. Many motherboards have a license you can get to enable the SAS controller mode but I am not sure about your version. You need to research it more. There are so many versions out there these days and some, you can't get the license key any more. That is why I used a 9200 LSI SAS controller for many efforts to get around all of that headache... /:> Hope this helps!

[@uday20101]

is there a way to connect it to NAS asustor?

[@leadiususa7394]

not really, this was to go to a lsi sata/sas card

[@ReganMarcelis]

With this connector, can a "3 TB 3.5 Hitachi HUS724030ALS640 SAS 7200RPM 128 MB 6GB/s HDD HGST for servers "or two be used as a gaming hard drive to store games and odds and ends you needed to save or do you lose something over a hard drive which seems to be same 7200 speed 6gbs spec minus--CONNECTIONS THEMSELVES itself or will software issues arise or something else? THANKS! BTW: Thanks for this vid, NEW SUB!

[@leadiususa7394]

No not really, this review was about doing test on single SAS drives to diagnose failing drives. It is better to get a SAS drive bay and a SAS controller to use if you are building a PC with SAS drives. It doesn't cost that much and is better then using this cable setup. Sorry...

[@stephengray9207]

WRONG WRONG WRONG. You need a SAS HBA controller. Can be as cheap as US$30 to get one that you can plug into your PCIe port and then connect that was connector you bought. Thats works... what you did doesn't. THATS why your drive doesn't appear.

[@leadiususa7394]

You are correct and I refer that. This might is about how to use this cable type only. It is good

[@ReganMarcelis]

@@leadiususa7394 With this connector, can a "3TB 3.5 Hitachi HUS724030ALS640 SAS 7200RPM 128MB 6GB/s HDD HGST for servers " or two be used as a gaming hard drive to store games and odds and ends you needed save or do you lose something over a hard drive which seems to be same 7200 speed 6gbs spec minus--CONNECTIONS THEMSELVES tself or will software issues arise or something else? THANKS! BTW: Thanks for this vid, NEW SUB!

[@ReganMarcelis]

With this connector, can a "3TB 3.5 Hitachi HUS724030ALS640 SAS 7200RPM 128MB 6GB/s HDD HGST for servers " or two be used as a gaming hard drive to store games and odds and ends you needed save or do you lose something over a hard drive which seems to be same 7200 speed 6gbs spec minus--CONNECTIONS THEMSELVES tself or will software issues arise or something else? THANKS! BTW: Thanks for this vid, NEW SUB!

[@ReganMarcelis]

BTW: Why do I have the feeling one reply is going to say YES and the other NO however I am leaning towards why not with the proper hardware, is this an official adaptor made by some or many or least even one company that cares enough or "has to care" or just some random thrown together Chinese part that does work ATM and actually looks decently built, although I prefer my SATA's to be black with the snap in ends on BOTH-SIDES… I love to learn though and even read two intellectuals on any given subject of interest to me “go at it” and it is great when they are BOTH RIGHT-as sometimes it happens, but how can this be? It just CAN and is… Depends on what Goggles they wear… :P

[@leadiususa7394]

@@ReganMarcelis GO with this... www.ebay.com/itm/274749652655?epid=153070211&hash=item3ff85afeaf:g:0LkAAOSwXzVgbKKx and www.ebay.com/itm/224444492194?hash=item3441ef29a2:g:i-EAAOSw~9Bgi-Lt Plus www.ebay.com/itm/143290062511?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item215cc0d6af:g:LL4AAOSwt8Bg3Jwd&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACsPYe5NmHp%252B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsS9d9gBrkNbRQtRn8MVXnYkgI0uggg7rvoq79gBJb8DeVEcmrbHVLtAefA4bMHm4nEcrt%252FeU7H0HeTG7Kxp%252B5mQ4RHUVzvauw8w9%252B4bkgyOL9gk1fg2Y34vRxfF%252BosCZ6TgPV2GjQKdDlyDJ88a79MZ06RRuhiIzCNR2qe9lKozJ6zmi7kMGyLubaxHeDSVDpw7nn%252FOZNOullBhOnz21Qoq5IORyCcyRzS1hI%252FHOrlE5lcYoCpUekjhm3i8DEQ5Wqz8HwQtPL7E3RHRxSqvEYMOg3K08mAJTvtWb17OJqNjK%252FXjYApRg2OB50Apc3%252FmQ7%252BHKJ%252BrtBhDDmSQoDJkTBoLFgNKLgbrtvCkGcAv110TyeP90%252BrMfD36QlElO4hR2ov9Lzbl%252BfXTdf58BjcWk0m3PxAG6FwieLVIgnGWOlCn3mNccaKbvUS9HGAa7jA4LAbYU73ERMRn1HsbOvAMVQH%252Fd5pkSR6U%252BhOQKzzbIC0qtS1QnS5CefstuXX0dSkmajWIGxGjpUlcAMLgoWiEGrOrFt%252BqKA7mKF1XP5MH4vRV%252FwzVSEi%252BalIFOenDNccm7iCco4IJdWUUOaIqellQhDCRrvEDGjpS6FjqSVEt7hTkQkDszojTmoaD064fSBtIoNcssd4%252B8bKiZNJq1ebPaHALHjJQUJxiv9K7F22qg4AUJ%252FZTTjz%252BBFX6lUENuZ0vYEq%252FyTprCJDiTbiTuq36FJ03%252FAZbQAQXVqMWXjnxdE9j7Yfyp28i%252FldpDWtKl88D2QxnolJ%252B37SxNVec51KQxYg6dFqXiBa%252FHpM9NUp%252FYBwfzhg71gNY3kzg93aSyYY7t8baPN%252FwQYzZn2FyVXHMi0JKNGXe22g4zJ%252BlQwQ9P8%252FMtg%253D%7Cclp%3A2334524%7Ctkp%3ABFBM_oHlgspf

[@JmC023]

I've a four bay SAS Bay on a Reliant Server using Windows Server. But from the back the Bay is connected via SATA to the motherboard. I've four IBM 4TB drives set in BIOS to RAID but none show up! Uncertain if this Bay is correct in configuration. It's right in front of me, it exists but it's a SAS drive Bay with SATA connections to the motherboard! This is exactly what was manufactured, is this wrong? 🤔

[@leadiususa7394]

Yes but those connections go to a four port SAA to a one port SAS cable internal to a SAS controller like a LIS 9200 with two internal SAS ports. You don't connect it to the basic motherboard for that will not work. Here are the links to what I am referring to. www.ebay.com/itm/132748694996?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D9550a6fe52e04d118a0a3a37f99fcfe7%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D184364864179%26itm%3D132748694996%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DLSI&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aff29908d-5209-11ec-8b3e-6a74138495a8%7Cparentrq%3A721251d317d0a0f2c7f9f1a6ffea2194%7Ciid%3A1 And www.ebay.com/itm/363402878781?hash=item549c7fdf3d:g:0eMAAOSwMgZgpNNF

[@JmC023]

Yes, I researched it last night between two other projects that I'm working on! It came like that originally so I'm thinking whoever had it originally used 2.5" drives with a SAS to SATA adapter in those caddies. I honestly thought the motherboard had some SAS/SATA controller chip that I wasn't aware of! I saw one on Amazon that'll let me expand up to 16 drives as on an LTT I viewed yesterday as well! LSI what's the brand so I may get that one. Thanks! 👍

[@pktam71]

You did not show a working SAS HDD 😅

[@leadiususa7394]

I do in many of my other videos... /:>

[@nachevz]

This is really interesting. Do you know, if there is a way to spin-up a SAS drive with only power - no controller/data connection?

[@leadiususa7394]

Well no... I have never tried that before...

[@nachevz]

@@leadiususa7394 That's unfortunate - I have been looking for info on that, but so far I have found basically noting. I got a SAS drive and want to just spin it up for fun and to experience 15K rpm, but only with a power supply - no luck - masking out the 3V pins does not help. Thank you for the prompt response anyway :)

[@custombikedesigns343]

@@nachevz you can not just plug a sas drive in and make it spin. You need + voltage on the 6th pin of the sas data connector for the drive to start. And - on any of the 8 grounds on it as well to trigger its start up

[@leadiususa7394]

@@custombikedesigns343 Yea and you can get the SAS step up power connector so the drive will take power.

[@mmustafa6864]

Hello thanks very much for your time i just have a question I have some SAS hard drives I want to test them Do you think if i bought the SAS connector to SATA that can read in my laptop I check to buy SAS TO USB 3.0 Docking Station BUT it’s very expensive over £150 if you have any simple solution will really appreciate it Thanks in advance

[@leadiususa7394]

Hmmmm this is a new one. Most of the time we connect to sas drives using pc tower base syste va. A laptop. I never tried to do that and didn't know that there was a USB to sas devise that would work. The key detail here is to remember that sas drive will not be by a simple sata card or on board sata on a motherboard or laptop. You need a sas hba controller because these are advanced drives. I use a lsi hba 9200 series controller to hook up to my sas drives. Let me know how it goes

[@stephengray9207]

NO this video is incorrect. The standard PC motherboard sata connector will NOT talk to a SAS drive regardless of the adapter cable. You need a SAS controller card in a PCIe slot and even then many motherboards cant cope with a sas controller.1) not enough power from the PCIE slot and not enough boot delay to allow the controller to boot prior to the standard boot begins. There is no controller card for a laptop. The safest way is to buy a cheap use server that has 3.5 inch sas disk bays. The other option is a SAS docking station.

[@leadiususa7394]

Yes you are correct and I say that many times in many of my videos. But! unless you have a server level motherboard with SAS/SATA controller on board then it would work., Basic PC motherboards will not support this and that is why I recommend a LSI 9200 series SATA/SAS controller with this setup. But many people stop watching the videos to see me talk to those details. And as for laptops, I don't think that would work at all. Never tried that before... Hmm I just try.Thanks for your follow up on this.

[@leserrors7669]

Hi please i wish u can reply to me I buy an hdd sas by mistake and idont have money to buy sas controller So is there anyway to connect this sas hdd to my motherboard plz

[@leadiususa7394]

No, I am sorry. You need the SAS controller... /:

[@stephengray9207]

This is not right. You appear to have used the SAS connector to plug the SAS drive into a SATA port on the motherboard.... that doesn't work. It is NOT right that most boards have SAS capability.

[@leadiususa7394]

Your are Correct. If you read in past postings I recommend that people use a SAS RAID or HBA controller for motherboards don't have SAS options. Some server boards do but rare. I recommended to everyone to use a ILS HBA - series cards with internal cable port for SATA/SAS hookup (IE the port on the controller is SATA. so you can test just one SAS drive (As long as you have the correct SAS power connector) You can test failing SAS drives one at a time away from your server. It does work and is time consuming and I have a drive test station doing that very thing. This was about testing just one SAS hard Drive. Let me know your thoughts and thanks for your feed back.

[@custombikedesigns343]

Are you kidding me? You honestly think sas drive will show on data controller. Did this guy hit his head or something? The Day you show me a sas running on a sata port, even if it just detects it, till then I call bs. While point of the connector is to run a sas drive in a non back plane case

[@leadiususa7394]

AH no. it is SAS / SAT converter for the SATA/SAS controller hook up. You must be new to the splitter options. Here is a SAS /SATA cable setup among other cable SAS Types. The goal is to test a single SAS drive. Works great! Enjoy! www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Internal-SFF-8087-Breakout/dp/B018YHS8BS/ref=asc_df_B018YHS8BS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309776868400&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7767588927365663779&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015806&hvtargid=pla-584515086170&psc=1

[@vinimv12]

A working sas hd can be used on a sata motherboard with this adapter?

[@leadiususa7394]

No, it is a converter set for a SAS/SATA controller PIC -e card on your motherboard. The video show what it is and it will not work on the motherboard basic SATA controller. You get a cheap LIS 9200 internal port SAS/SATA controller and use this connection set and you are good. This is only really good for testing a single SAS drive.

[@vinimv12]

@@leadiususa7394 Oh man, thanks!!! I almost bought one, but gave up because of your comment

[@rperus]

HI the link is broken

[@leadiususa7394]

Do you mean my video link is broken? Resending it to you... kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6ispItjjdSsg9E

[@fmj_556]

Can you format the sad drive with the adapter? I’m sure you can. Don’t know why I’m asking?

[@leadiususa7394]

Depends on your controller if you want to format from the SAS BOIS side of things. But you can also boot into a OS level and format the drive but only if it s sector in 512. To flip Sector 520 format drives to 512 for basis PC use. You need to boot into Linux and convert the sector to 512 first. I did a video on that to show how to do it for one drive or many drives... Convert to 512 sector that is.

[@fmj_556]

@@leadiususa7394 Thanks! I check out your other videos

[@anthonystrohmayer9191]

How about the cheap way to format a sas drive when your shelf fails, your raid card and hba fail? And my eBay workstation died and apparently got ran over by fed ex

[@leadiususa7394]

Lololololol...... welll.....

[@anthonystrohmayer9191]

@@leadiususa7394 Do you know of an online center for impoverished people who want to learn to manage their own datacenters? :) I've ran out of money and I have probably got to resort to begging for money to buy computer hardware on street corners

[@leadiususa7394]

@@anthonystrohmayer9191 wow... you need to do this in stages. Life is still out there and you need to do as you can.... it is all good and each step learning help you to buy better, smarter and faster. Live life first the you can play... /: )

[@anthonystrohmayer9191]

@@leadiususa7394 My spending days are over. I'm just in cleanup mode right now to get this ds2246 working on my server.

[@rperus]

Hi, Can you help me I want to make a PC with 18 SAS drives. I bought a Megaraid SAS Raid Controller (SFF8087). But I have no idea of which cables I should use because I don't see any SAS splitters, and I don't know which cables I need to power the 18HDDs on!! PLeasee

[@leadiususa7394]

Sure... Can you give me some details of the PC tower you are wanting to put these disks into? It specs and power supply outputs?

[@leadiususa7394]

As a side line, think about also looking at this PC tower case. LIAN LI PC-D8000, it will give you better spacing and heat control. As for the internal SAS cables you can get two SAS controllers and get four these SAS cables 4 port to run as a start www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Internal-SFF-8087-Breakout/dp/B018YHS8BS/ref=asc_df_B018YHS8BS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309776868400&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7275375596263413095&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015806&hvtargid=pla-584515086170&psc=1 to

[@mamdouh-Tawadros]

Sadly I thought, that finally someone found how to do it. Nice try though.

[@youssifnagi1047]

what motherboard do you have

[@leadiususa7394]

Any motherboard will work, I use a ASUS Z390 board with a SATA SAS controller with internal for hook up... You need a controller to hook it up to see it correctly...

[@youssifnagi1047]

@@leadiususa7394 LSI Logic SAS9260-8I SGL Raid 8PORT Int 6GB SAS/sata Pcie 2.0 512MB www.amazon.com/dp/B002IT4YG2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_TW15X4T5RM0V2S2ZP99Q i found this on amazon would this work then to connect 8 sas drives

[@anthonystrohmayer9191]

I have some of those kinds of cables. Can I plug them into an hba card and format my drives one at a time? My cables are sff-8088 to 4 sas connectors

[@leadiususa7394]

Yes if you have that SAS to four sata cable or less but yes. Make you also can plug in power. You can use a sata power connect but clear L edge and side edge. It will fit when adjust the one side. Or buy a simple sata to sas power connect.

[@anthonystrohmayer9191]

@@leadiususa7394 Want to make a poor man's video on how to format a 520 byte hard drive with just that red cable and a sata power connector and an IT p20 hba card? And is Ubuntu linux or not because my NetApp hba card doesn't like ubuntu

[@leadiususa7394]

@@anthonystrohmayer9191 very cool. Do it man!. That is part of the fun...

[@anthonystrohmayer9191]

@@leadiususa7394 Not me make a video. Hoped you would

[@leadiususa7394]

@@anthonystrohmayer9191 I will have to get these parts or something like them to do it right. I will research it some...

[@sieghartmildian129]

Can i use SAS drive as a standard PC hdd (like wd blue) with this sata connector and connect it into my motherboard sata3 port? Will it works normally like standard hdd but with faster r/w (15k rpm) and more durable hdd? My pc Cpu: Ryzen 7 2700, Mobo: Gigabyte ab350m gaming, ram 2x8 ddr4, os windows 10 Pro (on samsung ssd)

[@leadiususa7394]

No you can't just hook up a SAS drive to your motherboard. You will need a controller card like a LSI 9200 SAS controller ($15 to $25 cost) with 2 internal ports and a four cable ($10) splits out to ports with SATA connectors. The motherboard can't do SAS unless it is a high version like a server motherboard. Sorry but have some fun learn and tweaking out your system...

[@ADOENDRA]

@@leadiususa7394 Thanks. I was missing this info and now I know why the SAS was not working.

[@abdulazizfalcon]

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[@Smellsliketuna234]

Hi, according to the MSI Website, the H270 Tomahawk motherboard does not support SAS Hard drives but it seems like it works fine on your setup. I am trying to figure out if my MSI B550 A Pro Motherboard supports SAS before I buy the adapter. Are there any other ways to confirm SAS compatibility? Thanks

[@leadiususa7394]

If you read and listen the video you will hear me talking to the fact you need a LSI SAS controller that has SATA/SAS connectors to connect to because most motherboard SATA controller don't support SAS. I did the video to show how you can use the SATA bridge to DAIG SAS disks one at a time. That is the role of the connector only. You can use a server motherboard for that support both SATA and SAS but most people don't have that aaialble to them. Look at a LSI $20 SAS controller PCI-E card with dual intenral SATA connectors and one of these connector setup / with SAS power connect and you are good to go to SAS drives one at a time. Hope this helps and here is a link to a SAS Controller card for you to look at.. and don't forget the SAS to SATA cable. You only need one four sata port to one SAS cable. reer to links provided. The controller card is www.ebay.com/itm/155333434523?epid=1424582747&hash=item242a981c9b:g:0wgAAOSw4xtjrhL5&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsC3YTqGeCnjL2cwAcGZhvXSc%2Brd49QbfQeyjbc64Z%2FeobkZlbJ0A3ywpvTH4E73Szy6k6Gog7%2BOp4JxfdVWAHUGX%2BUalldKMFAhD0Y9IBuQ6KJmNhjI9Zv6PtIH3pEFXcpqZWIEffveFAgxJNegsV%2BYrj7sPHoMC9p9vbfapk1Sxdr4Z6oyqQYiZ%2BPX%2FCA5%2Bj7e3HvvP1peggs4jmcGGOkePxDzfnNZ6AGWqIdzS5N9%2F%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR96n-IysYQ And the Cable set is... www.ebay.com/itm/273991449781?hash=item3fcb29bcb5:g:YS8AAOSwU2BdbY49&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4GepNsvdRu3SKj2tO%2BHMOd2RoSaWirXhntqoK7KifsG5Vn%2B68DTtQXAKjEL2sn2StZ%2Bzc53iqHNyYyPG0qVrmw6%2FFk0YN0xAwcEdALdxVPEGkfknEGIhLtd9IZGrOMadt33XGUKNhn9EvrQvQg%2F%2BXybhQC9yjjUnll93yRfJtDW2WSDA8tIBPATjpHDpLBmV9bU04SiYafVYr76WDvhPySXnd0DfQwV4e5ZmMn0JYEcIUUu4XCarwzM0fjRPjSXZix8oa%2FWDWKv0RJFESoGfxHyZctcjhfADOw3CWlW4itdn%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8TYiY2sYQ and the power cable setup.. www.ebay.com/itm/284618234227?hash=item4244919973:g:UpoAAOSwNgVh1TS2&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4F7KdFRIQX0J26ylu71dBWfGQGps8xawkCp2PUOyg%2Bna3m0Gdmazd%2B%2Br2VMrQwdmpPbeeQdj%2FpMOVsOOQythxX9O1VKcTKSNmV915%2Fv%2F4ogMLq1BblIhTH1VFL9ZZwMmpbJ7u2t8wXAtZ9KZ9%2BAYBILxqQyqgcl12heRMcfjR1Q2vkxeCKe426iXvxsOg%2BjvMtKgka%2FIs66gz%2BbeLssVPAjhM8h2vsSyNzJbWwq%2Bbxb1H6X0Pdgp90KMamFHtlesxmQJK1uPolC9nT%2Fn0YmTAJriZGqmCUldOIzk9yIy1Bc8%7Ctkp%3ABFBM5OeVjaxh Hope this help you some...

[@stephengray9207]

It DOESNT work on this guys motherboard either !!!!!!

[@mariocruz9540]

I heard that those adapters don't work because The SATA interface don't supports the SAS inteface, is that true? do you had one of your SAS drives that was recognized by windows 10?

[@leadiususa7394]

Yes. You must use a sata sas controller or a sas controller will work. Low-end sata motherboard controllers will not work. This type cable hook up are only for NAS systems and servers. Bit I recommend cable hook up daig one SAS hard drive to check it out for errors without impacting your NAS or server.

[@lazzer408]

"one TINY detail" ? Are you freaking serious? You should probably inform your viewers of that before the video so they don't waste their time watching it. But you did specifically say that you put it at the end of the video. The only reason you would do that is so your viewers do waste their time watching it. I'm guessing you're making money off of this? Cuz that's the only reason I could think of one human to want to screw another human like that.

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

So I have a Dell R720 that is recognizing 3 separate Enterprise 3TB SAS drives... but upon a reboot (after I clear or import the foreign HDD configs, then rebuild the VHD on the drives --- tried as RAID 1 between drives, RAID 0 as individuals, etc), all 3 fail. Being that the drives show, display the correct info in the H710 controller screen, and allow me to rebuild VHD's on them (but they get a "fault" flag from the iDrac upon restart most restarts)... I was thinking about grabbing a controller or HBA (Im still not 100% sure of diffs between those), and connecting it to another old i7 mgmt-pc setup I have in my rack. The i7 mobo is def not SAS compatible, so I was considering this: www.ebay.com/itm/155125779830?hash=item241e378d76:g:ShsAAOSwjq1hMN~T&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8NgVqgeRnwwH%2B6ZGv6ct%2BPPXNXDsLDQ9RR1I%2Bo%2B4ddevY1RdBHBIskXHWjeBxYnmi8BWU0OR4bs3zmMPgcv4R5uyNAMqvTnnTo2S%2FPKwQWhthPl6yOf8XkTuJ88J9rpq94UbN%2BibBJ9qR29Nbo2ey4cQZimlm9UAUi18nMSw9vPA6FMx7Zk25zKVRWR9nCMJ55NU%2Be0dD1WMMuEQ2e3Db22E4dPbTbPCSlHv3l4TNgUjPB5qxbPZNvowIg8csq5eOrJX2kWp99tEKrf3CQUCVO4i0mueItDYBAkQZDuLVLk4e7Sf9KDymxV%2F5tC%2BAXjbcw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMlrifmb9h The thing is, I am not sure what else I will need to get these connected/testing. So I wanted to ask you --- would I need to get mini SAS cables and a backplane to run/connect my SAS drives to a card like the one I linked above? Or --- what about with this one? www.ebay.com/itm/125034202334?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D244769%26meid%3D3abfbdac7a0444168f1a97448a403312%26pid%3D101195%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D155125779830%26itm%3D125034202334%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithRevOptLambda85KnnRecallV1ModelShadowTwoCPC%26brand%3DLSI&_trksid=p2047675.c101195.m1851&amdata=cksum%3A1250342023343abfbdac7a0444168f1a97448a403312%7Cenc%3AAQAHAAABIPnNgQzrwy4hcSW%252F1r0wjcHUoW2vznLktC1ywnd%252BfgwtQMS7ujyLj2eDOBk%252F50Ne1qgZ1dSXcE24bIIJtJasc%252F0JNg9ZoBfoxG5ipKS4gKGt8oGaiJDNgsxUYY%252BowFmSnpjk21D%252BYK%252B2SbTrNkoI%252BaccNVkZiYtdGDgu1FKxQ3pAHHiILqXkr2Uh8LlbjfZWeJ3ovLKcCP6tsDdPUca%252BFPjV00%252FBNf4QmPg7rQLvvJH6Uiz6GiVFk9%252B1P%252BCZjciWtHCSUDvcadXClW3EYzmLBFVCxJS0j1WmnyBIV6a3wCNWilb%252FytZOZdCNy3CImKrDg8WJ57ypDWZDYzY3DwF%252BQF%252F9KOwU5RQpDjXlTEv6LnLcxO9Ei%252F3c1PD%252FSnL5kXhu6Q%253D%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675 It comes w/ the cables --- but I am not sure how I would connect those cables to the SAS drive(s) w/o a backplane. Is there a cheaper way I could go about this? (possibly using my 3 "faulted" SAS drives in my mgmt-pc, which is a SATA-only mobo. Sorry for the novel. You seem like you'd know, and I am scouring the Internet trying to find a solution. I bought these 3 drives and they showed up for me the first time i loaded them in the R720, but upon 2-3 restarts (when adding other drives) the 3 SAS drives began to throw faults. So I wanted to figure a cheap solution, that I could possibly make permanent if I can get the drives to work.

[@leadiususa7394]

Do this first. Look at my newer SAS drive test video here... kzbin.info/www/bejne/enLGkp9pgt92brs Then also check to see if the formatting of the disk drive are in 520 format (industry standard vs. PC foramt of 512 sector formatting. If so go to my other video about how to reformat SAS drives from 520 to 512 format. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWiogHR4aMt2qdU See if this helps any. Good luck! And keep having fun with this stuff adn when it gets to much go have a glass of wine or some beer and come back to it later.,... /:>

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

@@leadiususa7394 lol yeah that seems to be a common thread w/ this subject matter (especially servers) --- the frustration it can lead to. I ran into that w/ my last project (buying a Sonicwall and learning how to setup NAT rules, different objects to utilize in the firewall, etc) and it was a helpful exp but incredibly frustrating at times. For this project --- I will be looking over these videos and trying to get a better idea of how this all works together (and to see what parts I'd still need to get this to work). I am not familiar w/ the 520 and 512 formats so I am def interested in learning ty. I am hoping that by the end of my research, I can pickup a cheap HBA/RC and start setting my own up. This will be a great start thx again 👍