How many SATA devices can be used with a single controller?

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Bob Willard said:
Not just current, but for all time.
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Clueless, as always.
SATA is a point-to-point cable design. Period.
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So all IDE host bus adapters (controllers) are 2 drive designs? Wotanidiot!
The temporary (I hope) constraint is that the only SATA devices are HDs.
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Lack_of is not the same as a constraint.
 
Erez said:
Is there any limitation about that?

Thanks
Erez
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Yes. You can only attach as many SATA devices as the controller has
ports. A two port controller could only support two devices. It's
not like USB, where you can split ports using a hub. SATA is a
point-to-point interface.
 
Tod said:
I believe current SATA controllers can only control 1 SATA hard drive per
controller.
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Not just current, but for all time. SATA is a point-to-point cable
design. Period.

The temporary (I hope) constraint is that the only SATA devices are
HDs. Some day, maybe, optical and tape devices will also use SATA;
then we can wipe out PATA. I'd hope that FDs would also sprout
SATA interfaces, but FDs will probably die first.
 
Bob said:
Not just current, but for all time. SATA is a point-to-point cable
design. Period.

The temporary (I hope) constraint is that the only SATA devices are
HDs. Some day, maybe, optical and tape devices will also use SATA;
then we can wipe out PATA. I'd hope that FDs would also sprout
SATA interfaces, but FDs will probably die first.
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Plextor will have the first SATA DVD burner on the market.
http://plextor.com/english/products/712SA.htm
 
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