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Review on CableCreation SFF 8087 Female Controller Backplane Industrial Electrical by Srinivas Johnson

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Works with Adaptec PCIe Raid controllers but not miniSAS PowerEdge T420 to SATA port

I had to replace miniSAS with 4x SATA my Dell PowerEdge T420 was kinked like the last one and didn't work anymore. Since it shows it's used to connect to motherboards, I took a chance instead of paying $30 for the official part. This item works, but there is a communication error with the drives that makes it unusable in the T420. I then tried an ASR-2405 PCIe adapter and a pair of ASR-6405 and ASR-6405E PCIe adapters, with which this cable works very well.

Pros
  • Mini SAS 36 (SFF-8087) connector to connect to controller, 4x SATA to connect to rear panel
Cons
  • Big and bulky