Mini-SAS family of connectors
E749665
The Mini-SAS family of connectors comprises high-density, multi-lane serial interfaces commonly used to connect storage devices and host bus adapters in enterprise and data center environments.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mini-SAS internal | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer hardware interface standard
ⓘ
high-density serial connector family ⓘ |
| cableType |
active copper cables
ⓘ
copper cables ⓘ optical cables ⓘ |
| competesWith |
PCI Express cabling solutions
ⓘ
SATA multi-lane connectors ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
RAID controllers
ⓘ
disk enclosures ⓘ host bus adapters ⓘ storage backplanes ⓘ |
| dataLinkType | serial point-to-point links ⓘ |
| developedFor |
high-bandwidth storage interconnects
ⓘ
space-constrained systems ⓘ |
| governedBy | SFF Committee specifications ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
high-density form factor
ⓘ
internal and external connector variants ⓘ multi-lane architecture ⓘ supports SAS protocol ⓘ supports SATA protocol ⓘ supports serial communication ⓘ |
| hasLaneConfiguration |
4-lane links
ⓘ
8-lane links ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Mini-SAS HD SFF-8611
NERFINISHED
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Mini-SAS HD SFF-8612 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mini-SAS HD SFF-8643 ⓘ Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mini-SAS HD SFF-8654 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mini-SAS SFF-8087 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mini-SAS SFF-8088 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSuccessorTo | legacy parallel SCSI connectors ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
aggregation of multiple serial lanes into a single connector
ⓘ
high-throughput data transfer for storage workloads ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
Serial ATA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Serial Attached SCSI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsTopology |
direct-attach storage
ⓘ
expander-based SAS topologies ⓘ |
| typicalUseEnvironment |
data centers
ⓘ
enterprise servers ⓘ storage arrays ⓘ |
| usedFor |
connecting storage devices to host bus adapters
ⓘ
data center storage connectivity ⓘ enterprise storage interconnects ⓘ multi-lane serial data transmission ⓘ |
| usedIn |
JBOD enclosures
ⓘ
NAS appliances ⓘ SAN storage systems ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Mini-SAS internal