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I have a Supermicro X8STi-F motherboard and would like to know if I can use SAS drives on it. I am not concerned with RAID right now, just if the drives will work. Or does the fact the motherboard is SATA imply that it only handles SATA drives? Thank you kindly. |
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For SAS, the two connector segments (power Data)were merged, which makes it possible to attach a SATA drive to a SAS controller using the continuous(SAS) connector, but you cannot hook up a SATA hard drive to a SAS controller. Wikipedia reports" 3.0 Gbit/s drives may be connected to SAS backplanes, but SAS drives may not be connected to SATA backplanes" I assime this is a refernce to servers that support both drives There are signaling voltage differences for sure so even though the Wikipedia has no detailed reference, it sounds like it is not possible. |
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SAS and SATA use different signaling voltages. Using SATA on a SAS backplane will function but the opposite will not, as a consequence of the voltage ranges. |
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Shorter version: SAS on SATA Backplane = NO. SATA on SAS Backplane = Mostly YES. |
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