Supermicro SC846

[kharan5876]

The SC846 cases
http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/?chs=846

I had some questions and called SuperMicro

Notice how it says that the SC846E1-R900B and SC846E2-R900B only support SAS, while
the other supports both.

The TQ model does not have a SAS expander.

The other 2, the E1 and E2. I called and asked, and Supermicro said that SATA drives do not work in these cases because of the specific SAS expander chip that is used.

Is this really the case?
If so, would SATA drives work in the E2, with its dual expander redundancy?

 

[jschuricht]

I have WD1000FYPS and WD5000YS drives working just fine in my E1 chassis. E2 chassis would be a waste for SATA as SATA doesn't support the second channel.