On 18 Nov 2012 at 2:10, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> > it's an HPAE459A 1U enclosure rack mount case holding an Ultrium LTO-3 and
> > an LTO-4 drive.
> Yup, you definitely want SFF-8088 mini-SAS cables, and not SFF-8087.
>
> NCIX does show warehouse stock for 1m & 2m long SFF-8088 cables, so they
> should be able to get it for you quite quickly,
>
> I have some spare 8087 on hand, but no 8088.
Just checked the receipt from NCIX, they ordered 8087 cables :-( Waiting for a call back to get
that switched to 8088, but I see the price goes up substantially....
from about $15/cable to between $70 and $130
http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=SFF-8088+mini-SAS
Ebay looks like a better option price wise.
http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=sas+sff-8088&_sacat=0&_from=R40
Linhaw has squat, will check CDW and Synnex next.
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