I need some advice on how to power a 2.5" drive inside some Intel 1U servers I have. I'm annoyed because the small power supplies can only power three drives (three drive bays / caddies in the front) and the motherboard has three unused sata plugs free. I'd like to use one of these to power a 2.5" sata drive that will rest inside for linux to setup a software raid on the other three drives.
Is their some way I can split a cable to get the necessary voltage / wattage for a small drive from the many 4 pin fan plugs that are free or maybe even the USB plugs. I've seen the 2.5" drive on a PCI-x card solution but I'd rather not go that route.
Is their some way I can split a cable to get the necessary voltage / wattage for a small drive from the many 4 pin fan plugs that are free or maybe even the USB plugs. I've seen the 2.5" drive on a PCI-x card solution but I'd rather not go that route.
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