All-in-One Research Guides:Disk Storage
Disk drives
SATA drives
Find out more about the Serial ATA standard and the advantages it has over parallel signaling in this section of our Drives chapter.
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Tip - Learn more about SATA II, its features and how to leverage its capabilities for your storage environment.
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Think 'big picture' for SATA Exchange storage
Tip - Storage management expert Brett Cooper outlines things to consider before deploying SATA for Exchange data storage.
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SATA port: Can you run multiple drives off of one?
Ask the Expert - Storage networking expert Greg Schulz discusses how to run multiple drives off a SATA port.
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Ask the Expert - Storage expert Chris Poelker discusses SATA/SCSI compatibility issues in this expert advice article.
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Are SATA drives ready for the enterprise?
Tip - SATA drives are great low-cost alternatives to expensive Fibre Channel (FC) and drives, and new technologies are bringing SATA up to enterprise-class standards.
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External SATA RAID array vs. system replacement
Ask the Expert - Storage expert Ashley D'Costa answers a reader's question about the benefits of using an external SATA RAID array over replacing his entire system.
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01 Sep 2005
Column - Have you seen how SATA-based disk systems have taken over the computing world by a storm within the past two years? Actually, even less. I think the drivers are well understood. What is less understood, is that not all SATA systems are alike. In this...
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Ask the Expert - Storage expert Greg Schulz answers a reader's question: "Is a dual-channel SATA controller the same as a two-port SATA controller?"
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Mixing Fibre Channel and SATA drives
30 Mar 2005
Article - Randy Kerns, a senior partner at Evaluator Group, offers his recommendations for mixing Fibre Channel and SATA drives in a single midrange array.
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SATA port multiplier vs. SATA multilane
Ask the Expert - What is the difference between a SATA port multiplier and SATA multilane?