Help me pick out a Media Storage Case!

[Chapbass]

Most server RAID cards you find on Ebay from Dell or IBM are just rebranded LSI. The Intel SASUC8I is the same way.

As for SFF-8087 to SATA cables, the rule is:

Forward breakout is for connecting a SAS HBA to 4 SATA hard drives.
Reverse breakout is for connecting 4 SATA host ports (ie. from the motherboard) to a SAS backplane.

Whoops, you're right, I said reverse breakout up there.... /sheepish

Too much work does that to ya!