1)The SFF-8482 is a connector design for interfacing a connection for SAS drives, both SAS Hard drives and SAS SSD drives. 30cm 50cm or 100cm cable and UL2725 26AWG SATA Cable PVC jacket. 2)The SFF-8482 is a 29-pin connector with a plastic body, and configured with 15 pins that support the power requirements of the drive, and (2) groups of 7 pins that carry the SAS data signals. 3)The SFF-8482 supports 2 SAS ports (lanes) to/from the drive; SAS 29 pin straight SFF-8482; Male to Female cable. 4)One very common use of the SFF-8482 connector is in SAS backplanes.
The male portion of the connector can be either SAS or SATA power and 7-pin data connectors. 5)While one can plug a SATA drive in the SAS SFF-8482 connector, one cannot plug a SAS drive into the SATA variant due to a piece of plastic bisecting the 7-pin data connector and SATA power connector.