IBM M1015 can do 16 sata drives total? but can only find 8 total sata cables

[Nas-dude]

my freenas desktop only has 4 sata connectors on the motherboard, so i need a sata card

I read online here that the IBM M1015 is the best card if i want to add a lot of sata drives,

so i search on ebay and the first one that came up was this




in the description it says "Connects to up to 16 SAS or SATA drives"

so i looked online for cables, but i can only find a cables with a max of 8 satas, like the one below


Details about Mini SAS SFF-8087 36 PIN To 4 SATA 7 P HD Splitter Breakout Cable 10gbps Band




where can i get cables that have 8 each for a total of 16 satas

 

[Redcoat]

You'd better read this thread https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/ibm-serveraid-m1015-cabling-to-support-16-devices.26066/