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I bought a 15.36TB SSD SAMSUNG PM1633A SAS MZ-ILS15TA DELL EMC MZ1LS15THMLS-000D4

I am trying to figure out what to buy in order to connect it to my desktop PC via PCIE. Is this a viable or recommended solution?

SFF-8643 to SFF-8639 cable

Dell LSI 9311-8i 8-port Internal 12G SAS PCle x8 Host Bus RAID Adapter 3YDX4

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

An aside: one-to-many breakout cables have a forward and backward variety, and care must be taken to avoid buying the wrong one. This link explains the difference, which is still applicable to SAS3: https://forums.unraid.net/topic/6723-sas-to-sata-cables-forward-or-reverse-which-where-why/

Note that some combinations of backwards breakout cables simply don't exist, so there might be only one version available for sale. Still, read the product descriptions carefully for which end is meant for the HBA and which end goes to drives or the backplane.