Selecting Disk Drives And Cables; Disk Drives; Cables - Adaptec 6405E Installation And User Manual

Selecting Disk Drives and Cables

Disk Drives

Your SAS controller supports SAS disk drives, SATA disk drives, and SATA and SAS Solid State
Drives (SSDs). 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:
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.
Internal mini-SAS to SATA fan-out (SFF-8087 to 4x SATA)—Connects
to four SATA disk drives.
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