Upgrading HP DL185 G5 8LFF, is using a Dell J1520 4-Drop SATA Adapter possible?
- by jpreed00
The HP DL185 G5 8LFF model supports 8 3.5" drives and 1 optical drive. However, instead of the optical drive, I'd like to have 2x 2.5" drives instead. The problem is that the PSU has no more SATA power cables (even though the motherboard has 4 additional SATA data ports). The PSU does have a free 10-pin connector and it looks like the J1520 cable from Dell would fit the bill. Link to cable description
Does anyone have any experience using these cables? Are they safe? Any other ideas for adding the disks to the server if I don't use the cable?
Thanks!