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Reddit mentions of CableCreation Mini SAS 36Pin (SFF-8088) Male to 4 SATA 7Pin Female Cable, Mini SAS Host/Controller to 4 SATA Target/Backplane, 1 Meter
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We found 6 Reddit mentions of CableCreation Mini SAS 36Pin (SFF-8088) Male to 4 SATA 7Pin Female Cable, Mini SAS Host/Controller to 4 SATA Target/Backplane, 1 Meter. Here are the top ones.
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External Mini SAS 26Pin (SFF-8088) to 4x 7Pin Sata female Cable,It has an external 26-pin SFF-8088 male Mini-SAS plug (with release ring) on one end and 4x 7Pin Sata on the other.Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is a high-speed data storage interface designed for high-throughput and fast data access. Intended primarily for data storage centers, the SAS interface is backwards compatible with SATA.Mini SAS guarantees performance at 3.0 Gigabits per second. This SAS cable features Mini SAS type SFF-8088 connectors and Internal SATA connectors. This cable connects a to SFF-8088 Mini SAS Controller directly to 4 SATA drives.Cable Length 1Meter
Specs:
| Color | Mini SAS 8088 to 4x SATA |
| Size | 1M |
| Weight | 0.0220462262 Pounds |
If your case has some holes you can buy these cables and thread them from the outside of your case back inside to the drives.
https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-SFF-8088-Female-Controller-Backplane/dp/B013G4EX9K/
But I would rather get a card with internal ports.
I was looking at using a Sata extender or running them out the back to a separate case with the LSI Logic card using a cable like this
It wouldn't be the prettiest thing, but a card like this (not necessarily the cheapest one, just the first one I found) with one of these cables will get you four external SATA ports.
--I use an old quad-core i3 laptop with a 2-port eSATA Expresscard to connect the 4-bay Probox. Can connect it with a USB3 Expresscard as well, but I don't trust that configuration. I was also able to connect it to an older motherboard that had SATA port expansion with an internal-to-external SATA cable.
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3FT eSATA to SATA male to male M/M Shielded Extender Extension HDD Cable 6Gbps
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--If I need quicker scrub times, I can take the drives and put them in a 5-bay Sans Digital HDDRACK5 with a PC power supply, and hook them up to one of my SAS cards in the tower server I had built from Fry's a few years ago. It's LSI2008 with the cables routed externally.
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Cable: External Mini SAS 26pin (SFF-8088) Male to 4x 7Pin Sata Cable
Cards: SAS9200-8E 8PORT Ext 6GB Sata+sas Pcie 2.0
Fan card: Titan Adjustable Dual Fan PCI Slot VGA Cooler (TTC-SC07TZ)
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--Sorry for the late reply, BTW - haven't checked the forum for a few days.
By machine do you mean another physical box? Because you'll need somewhere to put those disks. A popular solution is Dell PowerVault, connected to your R720 with an HBA with external ports. If you had a spare case and power supply, you could also get some breakout cables from the external SAS ports to SATA. If you only need a few SATA disks a simple enclosure like this Rosewill metal cage would work. Just sit it outside the cage somewhere and power the drives.
I've done this with a spare power supply and a "power supply testing switch" like this one here.
EDIT: Here's a link to the SFF-8088 to SATA cable which will connect an external HBA like the Dell H200e directly to SATA drives.
https://imgur.com/a/KojZuIB/
Cable management's a little rough, but I'm using these 1m/3ft cables. If it were an option, I'd go with slightly longer cables because everything's a bit snug, but that's more to do with my system as a whole. If you'd like I can show the inside tomorrow when it's idle.