whats so good about SATA?

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Whats the difference between a SATA drive and IDE drive? besides the shape
of the plugs? And could I run an IDE and SATA drive both at once?
 
SATA can allow for a higher potential data transfer rate. SATA I will allow
up to 150 MB/s. SATA II will allow up to 300 MB/s from a single drive and up
to 3.0 GB/s in RAID. That's about all the obvious differences.

Also, SATA and IDE can go together just fine. You just have to set your
BIOS up to put the drives in the proper order so your system will boot.

HTH
 
SATA is a little faster. Yes, if you have an available SATA channel and an
available IDE channel, you can both types of drives simultaneously.


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Adam said:
Whats the difference between a SATA drive and IDE drive? besides the shape
of the plugs? And could I run an IDE and SATA drive both at once?
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Speed, the ability to have larger drives
 
Adam said:
Whats the difference between a SATA drive and IDE drive? besides the shape
of the plugs? And could I run an IDE and SATA drive both at once?
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There are several advantages: higher buffer to/from memory transfer
rate, cleaner cabling including better air flow, no messing around with
slave/master/cable select settings, and lower voltages possibly reducing
power draw. In addition, the SATA protocol makes it possible to toss
things into memory in more or less random block order; this is part of
the potential of ACHI were multiple commands can be stacked and executed
in any order by the device. In addition, SATA can be hot plugged/unplugged.

-- Jeff Barnett
 
Adam said:
Whats the difference between a SATA drive and IDE drive? besides the shape
of the plugs? And could I run an IDE and SATA drive both at once?
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SATA is the replacement for PATA; PATA is at end of life. The primary
advantage,
right now, is that SATA's smaller cables do not block airflow in the box as
much as PATA. Yes, you can run SATA and PATA concurrently.

See this for how wonderful SATA is or will be:

http://www.intel.com/technology/itj/2005/volume09issue01/art04_audio_iotech/p05_serial_ata.htm
 
What ????

THis is true ONLY if the MOBO has the controllers for both drives,
or you use a PCI card that has controllers that your MOBO lacks.

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The primary advantage,
right now, is that SATA's smaller cables do not block airflow in the box
as
much as PATA. Yes, you can run SATA and PATA concurrently.
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Yeah, the cabling thing alone is a huge advantage...airflow and mechanical
relibility. Thos IDE connectors have been around since before 1990...never
designed for the way we use PCs today.

Plus, there's no master, slave, CS. One port--one drive. Super easy to
configure, and as the BIOS manufacturers get their act together that part
gets real easy too. There's a chance we'll see mobos with many SATA
connectors, where PATA was limited to four drives.

Mixed SATA/PATA can be a challenge to configure the first time, but it will
work. I've played with the little HDD SATA adapters, and Windows doesn't
like switching between SATA and PATA.

-John O
 
my mainboard has SATA and IDE controllers on board, so I am lucky for that.
But I'm having the problem that my old drive that I use now, has a hidden
partition on it that includes windowsxp, and there isnt anyway to get that
onto the new drive.
 
Adam said:
my mainboard has SATA and IDE controllers on board, so I am lucky for
that. But I'm having the problem that my old drive that I use now, has a
hidden partition on it that includes windowsxp, and there isnt anyway to
get that onto the new drive.
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Sounds like a job for Partition Magic.

-John O
 
You have any experience using striping? If so, how much speed advantage
would one see?

Thanks,
J
 
Most motherboards made in the past several years have both controllers. I'm
well aware that PCI doesn't have that kind of bandwidth. These days, if you
don't have SATA controllers built-in to the motherboard, you should be
looking to put your money elsewhere (i.e. into a new mobo, instead of a SATA
drive and controller card).
 
You have any experience using striping? If so, how much speed advantage
would one see?
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I have never done it. You need a separate drive controller for that, right?

-John O
 
To hot plug, your computer (and windows XP) have to be configgured to
support it. Also, NEVER disconnect the drive your system is running from,
and your boot drive (they usually are the same drive), unless you have RAID
mirroring, then 1 set MUST be online.
 
nonsense....


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nonsense ????

Show me any new motherboard that doesn't have both SATA and IDE controllers
built-in. For instance, the OP has both controllers (if you read the rest of
the thread). My mobo has both controllers. My work PC has both controllers.
My brother's mobo has both controllers.

Are you getting it, John? Most modern motherboards have BOTH controllers.
Tell me how this is nonsense! Maybe you could try to elaborate or don't
bother posting.

Cheers.
 
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