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Falloutboy

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I have a number of HGST Ultrastar 4TB SAS drives I need to know a 4 or 5 in 3, 3.5 to 5.25 bay SAS2 or 3 trayless cage that definitely supports these drives even if it is only at SAS2 speeds and I need to know quickly, if there is someone out there with these drives and running them in and enclosure I need to know now.

I can't stress enough how urgent this is or it cost me major major money.

Should mention too that I would like the backplane to take SATA connectors while the inboard connections that the drives plug into be SAS2 capable of running a sas3 in SAS2 mode or native sas3
 

Aestr

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I can't personally vouch for these, but they seem to meet all your requirements. Since their is no expander they'll likely run SAS3 drives in SAS3 mode assuming your controller supports it. Just to make sure your controller is a SAS controller right?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215246&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Server+-+Accessories-_-N82E16816215246&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtpDMBRC4ARIsADhz5O6MyxsFt7WFU-
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Falloutboy

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I can't personally vouch for these, but they seem to meet all your requirements. Since their is no expander they'll likely run SAS3 drives in SAS3 mode assuming your controller supports it. Just to make sure your controller is a SAS controller right?

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215246&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Server+-+Accessories-_-N82E16816215246&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtpDMBRC4ARIsADhz5O6MyxsFt7WFU-
yiW9vqJnjE1Dr-ggLZB_D0d-LmN1E7UkdoW2hxzHwaAuiWEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
My controller is an Avago 9361-8i fully kitted so yes it is SAS3.