Question Is there a difference in speed between SATA 3 and SFF-8643 to 3 SATA cables?

[DaveyMamez]

I want to buy a 3 bay 5.25 inch to 3.5" hard drive hot swap backplane as shown here (click on the 2nd picture): Ali Express

I can get one that has three 6 Gbps Sata ports or a single SFF-8643 port to 3 sata cables. In the 3 bay backplane I will be transferring files from 1 hard drive to another in the backplane.

Will either method be quicker at transferring files than the other? I will be using these hard drives: Toshiba 14TB SATA 512e 256MB Cache 7200RPM 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Enterprise Hard Drive - MG07ACA14TE

These drives are fairly cheap and I don't think they're particularly faster than normal consumer 7200RPM hard drives but if I'm wrong then please correct me.

I'm doing this in a consumer PC, not a server or enterprise environment.

Do I need any additional equipment such as an Host Bus Adapter card.to make the SFF-8643 cable work to it's full potential?

 

[CountMike]

I want to buy a 3 bay 5.25 inch to 3.5" hard drive hot swap backplane as shown here (click on the 2nd picture): Ali Express

I can get one that has three 6 Gbps Sata ports or a single SFF-8643 port to 3 sata cables. In the 3 bay backplane I will be transferring files from 1 hard drive to another in the backplane.

Will either method be quicker at transferring files than the other? I will be using these hard drives: Toshiba 14TB SATA 512e 256MB Cache 7200RPM 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Enterprise Hard Drive - MG07ACA14TE

These drives are fairly cheap and I don't think they're particularly faster than normal consumer 7200RPM hard drives but if I'm wrong then please correct me.

I'm doing this in a consumer PC, not a server or enterprise environment.

Do I need any additional equipment such as an Host Bus Adapter card.to make the SFF-8643 cable work to it's full potential?

It's just a cage for 3 swapable HDDs, Each bay has to be connected to SATA conection on the MB. and power to PSU by 2 Molex connectors. All works as if all drives are directly mounted in the case. Everything is done thru your OS.
PS.
If you want hot- swap to work, you have to enable it in BIOS.

 

[DaveyMamez]

Thanks but is the SFF-8643 connection going to give me faster transfer speeds as opposed to using SATA cables?

 

[CountMike]

Thanks but is the SFF-8643 connection going to give me faster transfer speeds as opposed to using SATA cables?

Simply said, NO. Speed will be limeted to HDD speeds which is quite slover than SATA interface.