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IDE: An older 'ribbon cable' parralel communication technology. It capped out at 133 MB/s transfer, and could have 2 devices plugged into 1 port (Master and Slave) sharing the same channel. Also known as EIDE (Enhanced IDE), ATA, and PATA (parralel ATA)
SATA: Serial version of ATA (hence SATA) which comes in I, II, and III varieties, which operate at 1.5gbit, 3.0gbit, and 6.0gbit respectively (187.5MB/s, 375MB/s, and 750MB/s respectively). It supports Native Command Queing (NCQ), hotswap, and a few other features. It is noteably lower latency than IDE (quicker response time) and lower power. It's also cheaper and easier to plug in, using a smaller cable.
SCSI: Small Computer Serial Interface (sometimes Small Cheap Serial Interface or similar) is a type of serial communication that predated SATA, and came out alongside IDE. It is now largely used only in servers, and not personal computers. It is an expensive interface (which is ironic for the name) and can provide speeds exceeding IDE and most SATA. Some versions such as SAS (Serially Attached SCSI) and FibreChannel use very high-speed and fiber optic links to acheive maximum speed. However, harddrives rarely exceed 150MB/s even in the world's fastest, 15,000 RPM harddrives. So such interfaces are rarely useful for single-drive soluitions.
The advantage of SCSI is that is has (arguably) superior RAID support, allowing multiple drives to act as one, and combine their power, or to mirror each other for data redundancy backup. It can also be 'daisy chained', connecting one drive ontop of another in a chain to a single port, thus allowing many drives with less individual cables and easier management and organization.
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What is sata ide scsi hard drive?
IDE is an older disk communication protocol. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Attachment) SATA is perhaps the newest, it stands for "serial ATA). SCSI stands for "small computer system interface" and allows for connection of more than just disk drives.
What kind of harddrive can you put in your PC?
PATA, IDE, SATA, SCSI.
Why is it more expensive to add peripheral devices to a SCSI subsystem than IDE?
SCSI is a much less popular interface, and so production costs are higher (due to lower demand) It is also physically more expensive for the materials to produce them, as SCSI is a much larger interface with more, larger, and higher quality cable. In the case of SAS (Serially Attached SCSI) and fiberlink SCSI, these are also expensive to produce. IDE is the standard for desktop systems, and as such a lot more time and money has gone into making them cheaper and more available. Plus, IDE has now been discontinued in favor of SATA, making most IDE items go into clearance.
What external hard drive case enclosure would you need for this Internal Hard Drive?
It depends. If it is a laptop hard disk, and you know the interface (IDE or SATA, there is a difference), you would purchase a 2.5" IDE/SATA Hard Disk Enclosure. If it is a desktop hard disk, and you know the interface (IDE or SATA, there is a difference), you would purchase a 3.5" IDE/SATA Hard Disk enclosure. Hopefully this helps.
What is IDE and SCSI?
Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) refers to a standardized interface that provides slots for connecting hard drives to the motherboard of a computer. SCSI, known as Small Computer Systems Interface, provides a universal interface for connecting such devices as disc drives, hard drives, plotters and scanners.
How many different HDD?
1. IDE Hard Disk 2. SATA Hard Disk 3. SCSI Hard Disk 4. Ultra SCSI Hard Disk
What are the disadvantages of SATA?
No disadvantage one disadvantage is that you can't use it in an IDE only box. --- Sata drives can be used in an IDE only computer using a cheap sata to IDE reversible interface. IDE<>SATA SATA<>IDE Another disadvantage is that serial devices driven at high speed can be subject to interferrance if the cable length is too long. This is not unique to SATA (IDE suffers from this too) But until an alternative system such as Fibre optics cable is introduced it will limit lead length. ---
What is ide a type of computer hard drive?
IDE is a type of computer drive (HDD or optical) interface. It is obselete now, all new computers have SATA interface instead.
No, We do not have a way to convert SCSI to IDE.?
No, We do not have a way to convert SCSI to IDE.
List 5 types of hard disk interfaces?
SASI ( very, very old ) ST-412 ( old ) SCSI IDE/ATA SATA
What are the common standards CD drives use to interface with a system?
Three common standard interfaces CD-ROM drives use are IDE, SCSI, and USB. Newer interfaces may supplant these three for the lead.
How do you know if you have a sata or ide DVD drive in your PC without opening the case. Or if I have to open the case what does each one look like?
Well, in Linux it is very easy to tell. If /dev/hda is your main harddrive, then you are using IDE. If it is /dev/sda, then it is either SATA or SCSI.
