What is SAS?

Serial Attached SCSI

SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) is an advanced technology for connecting hard drives and other storage devices.

It works in a similar way to the widely used SATA interface, but offers some advantages, in particular faster data transfer. In the first version of SAS, data transfers reached a speed of up to 3 Gb/s. With the next version, SAS 2, the speed was doubled to 6 Gb/s, and with SAS 3 (or SAS 12G) even 12 Gb/s is possible.

Advantages of SAS

SAS supports several communication protocols that enable the exchange of data between devices. One example is the Serial Management Protocol (SMP), which ensures that hard disks can communicate directly with each other. Thanks to this technology, up to 16,384 devices can be connected via a single port.

Another advantage of SAS is that it supports both SAS and SATA hard drives, which means you can use different types of hard drives on the same controller to optimise flexibility and cost. SAS also offers greater reliability and scalability compared to older technologies.

How SAS works

Die Technologie arbeitet im sogenannten Duplex-Betrieb, was bedeutet, dass Daten gleichzeitig gesendet und empfangen werden können. Es werden die gleichen Steckverbinder wie bei SATA verwendet, aber SAS bietet zusätzliche Funktionen, wie zwei Ports pro Festplatte, was eine redundante Architektur und damit mehr Sicherheit ermöglicht.

SAS-Kabel können interne Verbindungen von bis zu 1 Meter und externe Verbindungen von bis zu 10 Metern unterstützen, was es auch einfach macht, externe Geräte anzuschließen. Über einen sogenannten Expander können bis zu 128 Geräte miteinander verbunden werden, wodurch sich eine äußerst flexible und erweiterbare Speicherlösung ergibt.

SAS products by InLine

InLine offers an extensive range of internal SAS cables, external SAS cables and accessories.

InLine® Slim SAS cable, SFF-8654 8i to 2x SFF-8654 4i, 0.75m

3 Variants available.

InLine® Slim SAS cable, SFF-8654 8i to 2x SFF-8654 4i

Optimal connection for SAS storage solutions – compatible with RAID controllers, JBOD and DAS High data transfer rate with up to 24Gb/s per channel for fast storage access Stable and secure connection thanks to locking clip Ideal for high-performance...

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InLine® Mini SAS HD cable, SFF-8643 angled to 4x SATA + Sideband

This internal mini SAS HD cable is suitable for connecting devices with a Mini SAS HD 4i (SFF-8643) interface and other side with SATA connector, for example it can be connected to a SAS controller with a backplane or HDD.Mini SAS HD connector (SFF-8...

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InLine® external Mini SAS HD Cable SFF-8644 to SFF-8088 6Gb/s 1m

3 Variants available.

InLine® external Mini SAS HD cable SFF-8644 to SFF-8088 6Gb/s

External Mini SAS HD cable for connecting SAS devices, such as Streamer on ControllerMini SAS connector SFF-8644 to Mini SAS connector SFF-8088 Suitable for data transmission up to 6Gb/s ...

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InLine® SAS cable, Mini SAS SFF-8087 to 4x SAS SFF-8482+power, SAS HDD to Controler

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Item no.: 615708757

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InLine® Mini SAS HD cable, SFF-8643 angled to 4x SFF-8482 + power, 0.5m

Space-saving 4-way SAS connection for internal installations Flexible mounting in tight enclosures: Angled Mini SAS HD host connector facilitates cable management. Connect four devices with one port: 1x SFF-8643 to 4x SFF-8482 enables direct multi-co...

Item no.: 27633A

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InLine® Slim SAS cable, SFF-8654 8i to 2x SFF-8654 4i

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Item no.: 3917779696

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