today?s Newest External Enclosure Designs Are Based On Architectures That Support Both Sata And Sas Drives. The Megaraid Sas 9280-8e And 9280de-8e, With Eight External Sata+sas Ports, Are Ideal For Configuring These External Enclosures With Your Choice Of High-performance Sas Hard Drives, High-capacity Sata Hard Drives Or Power-saving Solid State Drives (ssds).