SATA / RAID

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  1. acemuniz

    acemuniz Member

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    Could someone explain this to me like what is the difference between this and the regular ide connection and are they both the same or different
     
    acemuniz, Jun 22, 2006
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    Regular IDE is called PATA. Parallel ATA, but mostly just reffered to as ATA. SATA, is Serial ATA, and transfers data serially, instead of parallely.

    SATA is a newer technology and is coming standard on new systems. It's faster than PATA, and uses a small thiner cable instead of the large ribbon cables.

    Some pictures of the differences:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA
     
    rcrockett, Jun 25, 2006
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  3. acemuniz

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    ok i c so then if iwas doing a new build could i use any harddrive as a sata??
     
    acemuniz, Jun 25, 2006
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    IDE has a transfer rate of up to 133 MB/sec, a good SATA will have a rate of 3Gb/sec..

    http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Seagate_SATA.html

    Obviously you have to have a SATA HD for a SATA connection. An IDE HD only has an IDE connector, so NO you cannot use any HD as a SATA!

     
    pulsar, Jun 25, 2006
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  5. acemuniz

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    ok i get it now thanx
     
    acemuniz, Jun 25, 2006
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