Rocstor Rocpro 850 - SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment)

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SerialAdvancedTechnologyAttachment(SATA)isacomputerbusprimarilydesignedfor
transferofdatabetweenacomputerandstoragedevices(likeharddiskdrivesoroptical
drives).
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Themainbenefitsarefastertransfers,abilitytoremoveoradddeviceswhileoperating(hot‐
swapping),thinnercablesthatletaircoolingworkmoreefficiently,andmorereliableoperation
withtighterdataintegritychecksthantheolderParallelATAinterface.
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SATA1.5GB/sandSATA3GB/s
SATAisdesignedtobebackwardandforwardcompatiblewithfuturerevisionsoftheSATA
standard.
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ExternalSATA
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Maximumcablelengthis6.6Ft(2meters).USBandFireWireallowlongerdistances.
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ThistableshowstherealspeedofSATA1.5Gbits/sandSATA3GB/s:
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 SATA1.5Gbits/s SATA3Gbits/s
Frequency 1500MHz 3000MHz
Bits/clock 1 1
8b10bencoding 80% 80%
Bits/Byte 8 8
Realspeed 150MB/s 300MB/s
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SATAoffersperformanceashighas3.0GB/secperdevicewiththecurrentspecification.Italso
offersnewfeaturessuchashotswapping.
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