From: blockedofcourse@foo.invalid   
      
   On 12/12/2025 1:40 AM, Don Y wrote:   
   >>>> The opposite is possible -- SATA drive can be plugged into SAS receptacle   
   so   
   >>>> those are SAS/SATA physical connectors.   
   >>>   
   >>> All of my backplanes are SAS/SATA (though not mix and match).  So, I   
   don't see   
   >>> the value of keeping any of the SATA (only!) sleds.  I can, of course,   
   use them   
   >>> in the existing backplanes but see no advantage to keeping them over an   
   >>> equal number of the SAS/SATA sleds.   
   >>   
   >> Yep, there is no reason unless you have SATA-only device and a box of SAS   
   >> drives that you might accidentally plug in there :)   
   >   
   > But, as I can affix SAS drives to the SAS/SATA sleds, wouldn't the sleds   
   > be accepted by a SATA-only backplane?  Or, am I interpreting this from the   
   > wrong point of view?   
      
   I.e., does the sled labeling indicate the sorts of drives it expects to carry?   
   Or, the sort of backplane it expects to mate with?   
      
   And, does "SAS/SATA" mean "SAS or SATA" or "backplane that can accommodate   
   SAS *and* SATA"?   
      
   I guess if I had encountered a "SAS only" sled it would be more clear.   
      
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