SATA Cables Suck!

Eric heli at mikestammer.com
Wed Aug 2 14:08:50 UTC 2006


On 1 Aug 2006 at 17:23, Nikolas Britton wrote:

> The number one problem I've had with SATA RAIDs has been the cables! 4
> times I've lost arrays because the cables came loose or some other
> stupid problem with the cables.
> 
> I need a vendor that has high quality latching SATA-II cables. Also...
> what can we do with the old cables to fix them... super glue them
> on?... Here's a question... Are all SATA cables rated for SATA-II?
> I've never seen a definitive answer to this question and newegg.com
> does not sells "SATA-II" cables... Also does the spec call for
> shielded cables?
> 
> frustrated, need a place to unload.... thanks.
> 
> 

I think Western Digital makes securelock cables that snap in place pretty well. might be worth 
a look. 

Eric


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