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PowerEdge 840 - going from SAS to SATA?
I have inherited a Dell PowerEdge 840 with 2x 64GB SAS drives. I have many SATA 500GB -1TB drives that I'd like to use. How can I convert this server from SAS to SATA? I am told that this system can support either SAS or SATA.
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April 30th, 2016 16:00
Hello
SAS controllers should be backwards compatible with SATA. There are controller specific rules about mixing SAS and SATA. You should review the manual for the controller you are using:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Products/ser_stor_net/dell_adapters
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May 7th, 2016 21:00
Thank you. Are you saying that I can pull the SAS drives and replace with strictly SATA with no problems? I don't plan to mix them.