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Here, Shinra's initial incarnation has been created. The Adaptec 2252400-R RAID card has all 12 direct-attached drives plugged into the card's three SFF-8087 ports, each of which support 4 SATA or SAS drives. The other end of the data cables plug into 12 of the available 20 ports on the backplane of the chassis' front drive bays. Also, the available molex power connectors coming from the power supply unit are seated into the opposite end of the backplane to power the 12 drives up front. While there are over eight more drive slots in the chassis, an upgrade of the RAID card would need to take place if more drives are to be added in the future.