[geeks] ZFS sanity check

nate at portents.com nate at portents.com
Mon May 12 12:33:48 CDT 2008


> Do 2.5" notebook SATA disks use the same physical connectors as 3.5"
> SATA disks?  I'm assuming they would, but assumptions have been wrong
> before.

Yes, one of the nicest things about SATA, besides the physical connector
hotplug capability.

Somewhat related: the SAS connector is keyed slightly different from a
SATA connector to prevent you from hooking up a SAS drive to a SATA
controller (though the inverse in possible and supported).

- Nate



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