Overview of SATA interface

[Chandranath]

I need a detailed overview of SATA interface. What is it and what does it means. How the technology is implemented and what are the best benefits of this drive. Today there are more other interface is implemented on this place. Well I think the SATA is going to be used for a long time.

[deoWo]

Initially SATA (or Serial ATA) was premeditated as an internal or inside-the-box interface expertise or equipment, bringing improved presentation and new characteristics to internal PC or consumer storage. With a faster interface and improved connectivity. It is a widely used interface in the hard drive part.

[RoninBlade]

Imaginative tech heads recognized that this connectivity could be used in a comparable manner to USB and Firewire (IEEE 1394) interfaces as an external connectivity, and could probably be a budget substitute to SCSI for high-end storage. There are other interface technology to available for the same.

[Fabian]

They called the new peripheral description of eSATA, with up to 2m cable lengths and the prospect for multiple connections to an external eSATA array. This would allow users to take benefit or improvement of the reimbursement of the SATA interface without the space limitations of an internal only connectivity.

[Hardwareman]

eSATA is now chronicle as an peripheral customary, with exclusively defined cables, connectors, and signal requirements published as a customary in mid-2004. eSATA provides more presentation than existing solutions and is hot pluggable (units can be swapped easily without machine shutdown).

[Maxforu]

Port multiplication allows a single eSATA controller to control multiple drives, so large arrays of disks can be easily controlled from a single workstation. This is the best part of it. But still lot of improvements are made on it. Today new terms are also implemented for the same.