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SATA Technology
In computer hardware, Serial ATA (SATA or S-ATA)
is a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. It is the successor to the legacy Advanced
Technology Attachment standard (ATA, also known as IDE). This older technology was retroactively renamed Parallel ATA (PATA) to distinguish
it from Serial ATA. SATA 1
(SATA I)The First
Generation of
Serial ATA
interfaces is
also known as
SATA 150. This
name is
given because
SATA 1 runs at 1.5
gigahertz. SATA1
has a
data transfer
rate of 1.2 gigatbits
per second.
SATA
2 (SATA II)
The latest
SATA technolgy now
runs at
3 gigahertz per
second. SATA2
is backwards compatable with
SATA1 so
a SATA 1 hardware interface
can be used with
a SATA 2 hard drive,
and visa versa.
SATA2
is approximately
the same price
as SATA1.
Broadberry
recomend SATA for
most applications
in our server
solutions now. |
