- Host Interface: Three 2 x 7pin SATA for each drive bay (SAS dual channel)
- Drive Bay: 2 x 5.25" half height device bay
- Transfer Rate: Up to 12Gb/sec via SAS dual channel Up to 6Gb/sec.
For not Real SAS- Yes it is...
08/22/2011
This review is from: ICY DOCK MB453IPF-B 3 Bay EZ-Tray 2.5/3.5" SAS/SATA HDD/SSD Advance Monitoring Backplane Cage in 2x 5.25" Bay
Pros:
First off the prime thing that really stands out is a simple, but non-existant one in most simiular Cages / Racks, and that is the 3-5 air holes in each of the drive bay handles - that run the entire length of the span across the front of the drive (looking at the front of the cage) - this provides excellent air intake - and all across the drive space, not a little crack left at the very bottom or top of the bay - which is the normal implementation in almost all these devices. And the air ports are large too - very nice!!
Cons:
N/A
Overall Review:
Now, to the person who mentioned that this wasn't "...Real SAS..." - it is actually, the inside connection to the HDD itself is in fact just what you say is the 'True SAS type - it worrks on both types of drives - just the SAS is a solid bar (yes, containing both data and poer) - and on the back are ports for either a sata or a SAS connection - that should say something right there, in fact, many other cages just have a simple sata connection terminal...And if you are going to utilize - say a SFF-8087 (internal SAS multilane connector) on a Host SAS card, then you would want to use a SFF-8087 to 4 sata (in this case, you would use three for this cage) fanout cable, which would give you the connectors (sata form) to attach to the target (cage) port / terminals. There you would have cabling that is SAS compatable, and the cage does provide yellow - seperate ports for SAS hdd use, and thus you have true SAS compatable setup - there is no necessity for any 'sync' w/ power and data here..
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