i am looking to ditch my 9300-16i and 9206-16e mini space heaters for probably just a 9305-16i and i wanted to use an i to e bracket thing for the 1 connection i need for my disk shelf since i only need 3 internally, so it would be perfect. has anyone used cheap adapters similar to these?
i have both 8644 and 8088 cables and the shelf is only sas2 so either option is fine.
i know i could use an expander like a 82885T or RES2CV360 but those are massively overkill for for what i need and the only combined internal and external hbas i can find are either 100s of dollars or raid only.