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createdcreature
July 6th, 2011, 04:43 PM
Drive controllers. Which is better?
movieman
July 6th, 2011, 04:54 PM
SAS >= SATA > IDE

If I remember correctly the SAS and SATA protocols are similar, but the SAS drives tend to be faster and more robust (and more expensive).
createdcreature
July 6th, 2011, 06:26 PM
IDE is old school, and the better for it as it is more compatible.
u.rusty
July 6th, 2011, 06:37 PM
IDE is old school, and the better for it as it is more compatible.

IDE is intergrated drive electronics, my SATA drives are IDE and my PATA drives are IDE.

I always thought SCSI was old school...

SATA and SAS are both 6Gb/s aren't they?
movieman
July 6th, 2011, 07:04 PM
I always thought SCSI was old school...

Not really. SCSI has been around a long time but unlike IDE it's always been the better technical solution for low to mid-range computers, though rarely the better financial solution.