Hi All,
I need some new drives for my 24 bay Norco setup and it seems the SAS drive variants are cheaper. The backplanes apparently support SAS & SATA as does the Adaptec. I would initially be adding just 4 SAS drives so they would all be on one backplane card. Are there any compatibility or usage issues I should be aware of with using SAS drives? Do SAS drives generally power-down and work with power management? (Some SATA drive models refuse to power down in my setup but most do) Can SATA & SAS be mixed on the same backplane in future? If the drives are dual port does the second port just not get used?
I need some new drives for my 24 bay Norco setup and it seems the SAS drive variants are cheaper. The backplanes apparently support SAS & SATA as does the Adaptec. I would initially be adding just 4 SAS drives so they would all be on one backplane card. Are there any compatibility or usage issues I should be aware of with using SAS drives? Do SAS drives generally power-down and work with power management? (Some SATA drive models refuse to power down in my setup but most do) Can SATA & SAS be mixed on the same backplane in future? If the drives are dual port does the second port just not get used?