Selecting Disk Drives And Cables; Disk Drives; Cables - Adaptec 5805 Installation And User Manual

Selecting Disk Drives and Cables

Disk Drives

Your SAS controller supports SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, SATA Solid State Drives (SSD),
and Adaptec MaxIQ Solid State Drives. When selecting disk drives for your RAID array, ensure
that all the disk drives have the same performance level. You can use different-sized disk drives in
the array, but the array will be limited to the capacity of the smallest and slowest disk drive. For
more information about arrays, refer to the Adaptec Storage Manager User's Guide or online Help.
For more information about compatible disk drives, refer to the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com/compatibility.

Cables

Depending on your requirements, you can use any of these cables:
Chapter 4: Getting Started
External mini-SAS (SFF-8088 to SFF-8470)—Connects
to an external SAS enclosure.
Internal mini-SAS with power (SFF-8087 to SFF-8482)—Connects
to four SAS or SATA disk drives.
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