I am a noob when it comes to raid controllers and have a couple of questions.
So I bought an LSI SAS 9211-8i card in order to connect my 840 pro as I wanted to take full advantage of the speed of the ssd.
I had a couple of questions:
1) What sort of cables would I need? Are these fine:
http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Internal-SFF-8087-Forward-Breakout/dp/B005E2XTO8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_14
2) Is there any advantage in using both the SAS ports. For example if I have two SSDs, will I see any speed bump in connecting both of them to a separate SAS port via two different cables mentioned in point # 1.
3) From what I have noticed that, the retailers sell an SAS to 4 SATA port cable. That means if I want to use both the SAS ports, I will potentially have 8 SATA connectors dangling in my case. Is there a cable that exposes 1 : 2 ratio or even 1 : 1 ?
Would appreciate all the help!
So I bought an LSI SAS 9211-8i card in order to connect my 840 pro as I wanted to take full advantage of the speed of the ssd.
I had a couple of questions:
1) What sort of cables would I need? Are these fine:
http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-Internal-SFF-8087-Forward-Breakout/dp/B005E2XTO8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_e_14
2) Is there any advantage in using both the SAS ports. For example if I have two SSDs, will I see any speed bump in connecting both of them to a separate SAS port via two different cables mentioned in point # 1.
3) From what I have noticed that, the retailers sell an SAS to 4 SATA port cable. That means if I want to use both the SAS ports, I will potentially have 8 SATA connectors dangling in my case. Is there a cable that exposes 1 : 2 ratio or even 1 : 1 ?
Would appreciate all the help!
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