What is SATA or serial ATA?

SATA or Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attainment) is an interface of a new generation drive that follows the traditional parallel ATA (heel). The heel was standard and served well, but also had disadvantages. The cables limited to 18 inches (46 cm) often make the connection difficult to connect, as well as clogged cases blocking air flow, while cooling has become decisive. Although the rounded cables were available, the most advanced PATA (Ultra ATA/133) disks were hit by a maximum parallel transfer rate of 133 MB/PS. With the speed of CPU, RAM and system buses, the designers saw that the heel would soon profile advanced efficiency of the drive architecture.

Enter SATA.

Serial ATA has a clear key advantages over its predecessor. The cables are very thin with small 7 -pin connectors. They can be up to 3 feet (1 meter) to length and can be easily directed to remain out of the way that allows maximum air flow inside the housing. SATA also has a much lower requirement for only 250 mV performanceCompared to the requirement for 5 V Pat and with a drop in the chip stress, this speaks well about the future of SATA. Serial ATA will remove Master/Slave configuration and power jumps. The setting is greatly simplified and the technology even allows them to undress Hot, which means that the units can be removed or added when the computer is running.

However, the most prominent feature of serial ATA is that it eliminates the transfer limit of the affected heel. The first generation has a maximum transfer rate of 150 MB / s and the second generation SATA provides about 300 Mbps. The third -generation SATA for 2009, "SATA 6GB/S" will bring about twice the speed of the previous SATA iteration.

with the opening speed of transmission so close to existing ultra ATA/133 -speeds, an increase in real -world performance is negligible for SATA's first generation, although drive prices are comparable to PATA discs, making the transition to the new technologyři upgrade, building or buying a new system. Mases with integrated SATA and PATA interfaces are widely available to adapt both disk types and there are no restrictions on the use of both types in the same system. Serial ATA is also a good choice for RAID and is earmarked to eventually replace the heel.

For older systems, third -party SATA controllers can be placed in any PCI slot if you buy a SATA unit. (The Ultra ATA parallel unit can also be used via the PATA-to-SATA adapter, although the unit's power will hit because the adapter must translate the data flow from the parallel to serial.)

If you upgrade your motherboard, buy-enabled will allow easy use for future SATA units, although your current units are standard ATA.

Note: Wslepice using some third -party devices or adapters for HOT exchange may be missing or "unpredictable". Before risking the loss is always wise to back up CENO DATA.