ATA itself is not really a meaningful acronym - "advanced technology
attachment". I guess that it was more advanced than the interface it
replaced, in the early 90's (not sure on the dates - it was standard on my
first "IBM compatible" in 1995).
HTH.
Bob Knowlden
Spam dodger may be in use. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
I would think the it is just a hard drives used in a raid array that
has the new SATA conection instead of the IDE type connector...just
spin to sell ....
Glenn M