Long time listener, first time caller.

So I have some HP DL 360 & 380 servers all with SFF drive cages. I have a main gen9 server that I run without weirdness but I was gonna do some testing & experiments on the older gen8 chassis such as connecting some LFF SAS drives externally.

Before I worry about cages (maybe proper, maybe 3d printed…) could I use a SAS 8087 cable to 4 port Sata connectors, and attach external power to build an array? I realize I’d have to modify the sata and power cables to fit but I’m trying to avoid buying a proper backplane and cages just for testing.

Thoughts?

In a nutshell I can buy LFF SAS for much less than SFF. For scrap data or testing plex servers I don’t feel like investing in drive cages and backplanes until I move beyond just playing and decide on a 5yr plan moving forward.