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Tripp Lite's S524-01M External SAS cable features SFF-8088 to MiniSAS 8088 connectors with heavy- duty metal backshells. This 4-channel Infiniband cable is constructed with high-performance cable, which features individually shielded parallel pairs, double EMI/RFI shielding, and 6.0 Gigabytes per second performance. Compliant with the Federal Trade Agreements Act (TAA) for GSA Schedule purchases.There was the suggestion that the cost of Thunderbolt cables was in-line with other high-speed cables such as external MiniSAS 8088 (Serial Attached SCSI) and Infiniband, both of which have been available for years now. Now, I can understand the high cost of these cables, which are used by specialty, high-performance applications. But Thunderbolt?Sep 22, 2011 - I have a Vertex 3 and my OWC SSD is in the mail to me today and I'd like to have a solution MiniSAS 8088 for making full use of their speed.