[SOLVED] How robust SATA connectors for storage drives are?

[Nonverbis]

At a forum I have read that eSATA cables and connectors are supposed to endure 5000 pluggging in and out. But cables and connectors for hard disk drives are supposed to endure only 50. There was a link as a proof there. But now it is broken.
It was leading to the site of Western digital. Could you help me find some similar official information?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Trust me, with a decent cable and drive, you will have no issue plugging in and removing the drive many times.

50 is simply too low of a number

 

[USAFRet]

Also, it is the quality of the cable.
Go cheap, and they'll break.

 

[Nonverbis]

The question is not about decency and price. And it is not about cables. It is about SATA connectors of drives. I'd like to have a look at some official information from a manufacturer, or SATA specification or something. It is a simple question: how many times a SATA connector of a drive is planned to endure.

 

[USAFRet]

Here is possibly the original info you were looking for.
https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9998

That thread is, of course, talking about cameras and the internal SATA connection.

 

[USAFRet]

And again here:

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The original from WD seems to be 404.

 

[USAFRet]

And from MOLEX, regarding SATA durability, 500 cycles.
Not 50.
https://www.molex.com/webdocs/datasheets/pdf/en-us/0877030001_PCB_HEADERS.pdf

eSATA, 2500
https://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/ps/PS-47082-001.pdf

 

[USAFRet]

Further, the motherboard SATA header.
50 cycles
https://www.molex.com/webdocs/datasheets/pdf/en-us/0678005005_PCB_HEADERS.pdf

or 500
https://www.molex.com/webdocs/datasheets/pdf/en-us/0471554001_PCB_HEADERS.pdf

 

[USAFRet]

Or 15,000 for this dual drive dock:
https://www.startech.com/HDD/Docking/usb-3-esata-dual-drive-dock~SDOCK2U33EB

Insertion Rating

15,000 Cycles