SFF-8088 cable is designed to connect external

 I would connect the card with SFF-8088 bracket (assume the length of 0.5m). Another SFF-8088 cable bracket on a hard disk enclosure should fan out to 4x SATA ports with intention to be used with sata disks (assume the length of 0.5m). What would be the maximum recommended length of the external SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cable?12 hard drives, attached by a single SFF-8088 cable -- looks attractive! I've seen user reports on the web that say this combo works amazingly well. The T10 technical committee of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) develops and maintains the SAS protocol; the SCSI Trade Association (SCSITA) promotes the technology.QSFP+ (Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable) to MIniSAS SFF-8088 cable hybrid cables are designed for high-density Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) applications.
 This high quality cable is 1 meter in length, supports data transfer rate of up to 6Gb/s and features SFF-8088 (26-pin Mini-SAS) to SFF-8088 (26-pin Mini-SAS) connectors.The 1M External mini-SAS SFF-8088 to SFF-8088 cable is RoHS-compliant and backed by SIIG's limited lifetime warranty.Mini SAS High Density (HD) is the newest member of Serial Attached SCSI interconnect family.  External 4x Mini-SAS (SFF-8088) to HD MiniSAS Y Cable function as a Hybrid Cable; thus permitting the installer to link up legacy Mini-SAS devices with the latest generation of Mini-SAS HD (High Density) hardware.