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£126.00 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
At £105 ex-VAT for a 2m mSAS to mSAS cable, this sits firmly in the “fine, but don’t overbuy” bracket. It’s the kind of part that’s cheap enough to keep a spare, but not cheap enough to treat as disposable. If you’ve got a specific Lenovo server/storage backplane where you need that exact mSAS-to-mSAS run length, it’ll do the job with minimal fuss—no compatibility drama if it matches the platform’s expectations.
I’d recommend it if you’re a UK IT shop maintaining a Lenovo storage/server setup and you’re replacing a worn/failed cable or standardising spares for the same hardware family. It’s not for experimenting or generic “SAS is SAS” assumptions—wrong connector type or ecosystem mismatch and you’ll be stuck troubleshooting instead of deploying. If you don’t know you need Lenovo mSAS-mSAS (or you’re not already committed to that Lenovo layout), look for a confirmed cross-compatible option first, because paying brand pricing for a cable you didn’t absolutely have to buy is where value tends to slip.

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