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Need specific obscure cable for SATA Raid

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mclendo

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Okay - this one might be a little tricky

I need to go from a SFF 8087 cable/ that is hardwired into and provides connectivity for a set of HDD Backplanes into 4 SATA ports on a SATA controller card.

There are a ton of SFF 8087 to 4 SATA port cables on the web, but none that have a female SFF 8087 plug.

I could also use a female to female SFF 8087 adapter, but haven't seen one on the web.

I'm in the US, but would just about buy it from anywhere if I could find one.

I was really hoping that the backplane had SATA ports in the back, but unfortunately the cable from each HDD is hardwired in and goes to the SFF 8087 connector that plugs into the Motherboard which has limited RAID options (I am trying to rig up an HP Proliant Microserver with RAID 5 through the use of a RAID card in case anyone is wondering)

I guess my last resort option is to tear apart the cable and solder on SATA ends, but I really don't want to void the warranty

-mclendo
 
PM an admin to move it for you. Have you tried digikey? (DIY)
 
plugwash said:
What about just buying a raid card with the appropriate connector?
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Yeah, I was trying to avoid that because pretty much all the cards that used that connector were more expensive, but that's what I've ended up doing. It just strikes me as strange that there isn't such a cable anywhere. I've seen a few other threads in various places where people have asked about this sort of thing - seems like a lost profit opportunity. Maybe there's something in the spec that prohibits such a cable.
 
You can get internal to external couplers, so I guess you could use two of those with an external cable in between and then a reverse breakout cable to connect to your card. You might run into problems with the maximum allowed length though and it seems a rather messy solution.

Never seen an internal to internal coupler, I guess there just isn't much demand for one. The number of people using a case with a captive cable and not using a server class raid controller is probably quite low.
 
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