SFF-8482

SFF-8482

Picture of SFF-8482 Connector

(also known as...)

  • SAS 29 pin / Power


SFF-8482 Information

SAS and SATA hard drive connectors look similar but there is one difference: with SAS drives, the data and power connectors are actually one, so you cannot plug in a SATA data connector and SATA power separately. This unified connector is the SFF-8482. SFF-8482 is single channel and meant for individual drives. SFF-8482 is also compatible with SATA, so you can attach both SAS and SATA drives.

Most SFF-8482 connectors have two cables attached: one for power, typically the 4-pin molex connector (the old style), and one for data. They will extend the depth of your drive by just over half an inch. The other end of the data connection will be either a SATA-style connector or an SFF-8087 connector. In the latter configuration, the cable is a fanout assembly, with one quad-channel SFF-8087 on one end, and four single-channel SFF-8482 on the other. Some cables have a quad-channel SFF-8484 cable in place of the SFF-8087, but these are rare as SFF-8087 has established itself as the internal multilane SAS connector of choice.

As newer power supplies have fewer and fewer molex connectors, please make sure that you have those available to supply power to your SAS drives. If not, you may need female molex to male SATA power adapters. (Note: these are different than the adapters used to convert molex power supply connectors to SATA hard drives.)

All SFF-8482 cables are wired the same way, so you don't need to worry about directionality.

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SFF-8643
SFF-8644
SFF8087
SFF8088
SFF8482

 

SFF-8482 Cables & Adapters

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SFF-8482
SFF-8643 SFF-8482 to SFF-8643 Cable
.5m1m
SFF-8644 SFF-8482 to SFF-8644 Cable
1m
SFF-8087 SFF-8482 to SFF-8087 Cable
.5m1m
SFF-8088 SFF-8088 to SFF-8482 Fanout Cable
1m2m
SFF-8484 SFF-8484 to SFF-8482 Fanout Cable
.5m1m
7-pin SATA SFF-8482 to SATA Cable
.5m

 

more connectors:

SFF-8643 (Internal HD Mini SAS)
SFF-8644 (External HD Mini SAS)
SFF-8087 (Internal Mini SAS)
SFF-8088 (External Mini SAS)

SFF8087 SFF8088 SFF8482

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