[Novalug] Re: SATA

[Roger W. Broseus]

Dan,

If I recall correctly, you recently upgraded your PC. Take a look on the
MB to see if SATA connections are already there. The MB manual might say
something about this too, e.g., type. I recently upgraded my wife's PC and
the connectors were right there. A WD HD w/ SATA was cheap too.

I was able to boot Knoppix and look at the new as well as an old drive.
-- 
Roger W. Broseus

> It's there.  SATA1 = 150 / SATA2 = 300.  You need an interface
> (card/chipset) that supports SATA2 if you go that route.  There is no
> incompatibility between the two except if your SATA connection only
> supports SATA1.  At which point, the SATA2 drive would operate at SATA2
> transfer speeds.  No daisy chaining at all with SATA.  Each SATA drive
> gets a single connector cable that goes from it to the controller.  No
> terminators are necessary as a result.

[snip]

> Dan Arico wrote:
>> I've been looking at SATA drives and I've got a few questions that I get
>> only vague or useless answers for so I'm hoping we have some expertise
>> here.
>>
>> 1. Linux support? Should I assume it's in there or do I need to search
>> out drivers and the like?
>>
>> 2. SATA-1 vs SATA-2? Does one just run faster? Can I plug a SATA-2
>> device
>> into a SATA-1 port and just have it run slower or is there
>> incompatibility?
>>
>> 3. Daisy-chaining? It appears that the drives are intended to be
>> daisy-chained to a single port. Does that work well? How many drives can
>> be supported? Is any termination necessary?