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-An [Acronym] for __S__erial [ATA].
+An [Acronym] for __S__erial [ATA]. Compare [PATA
].
-A high speed
alternative for [SCSI] harddrives. The performance of [SATA]-1 compliant devices is equivalent with 10,000 [RPM] [SCSI] drives (Ultra160/Ultra320) (provided of course that the [SATA] drive is 10,000 [RPM] and has similar cache).
+A cheaper
alternative for [SCSI] harddrives. The performance of [SATA]-1 compliant devices is equivalent with 10,000 [RPM] [SCSI] drives (Ultra160/Ultra320) (provided of course that the [SATA] drive is 10,000 [RPM] and has similar cache).
[SATA] drives are like [SCSI] drives in that they do not just work for boot devices if you are building your own LinuxKernel or with some [LinuxDistribution]s.
The reason for this is that they need a driver and the driver is on the disk - catch 22.
