Another major advantage of an HBA is how naturally it scales. Consumer motherboards usually top out at six to eight SATA ...

Unfortunately, outside of using expansion cards, there's not a lot you can do if you wish to add a few more SATA drives to the storage mix. If you're like me and don't wish to outright replace the ...

For more than 20 years, the parallel bus interface has been the mainstream storage interconnect for most storage systems. But increasing bandwidth and flexibility demands have exposed inefficiencies ...

A) Do 2.5" laptop SSDs use "Mini SATA"? B) Is 2.5" SATA(as in, the SATA on a 2.5" drive), different dimension connector to 3.5" SATA(as in, SATA on a 3.5" drive)? C) Are all mSATA(micro SATA) and all ...

Is a bonafide universal storage cartridge finally at hand? It is if the Serial ATA International Organization and its partnership with 200 some-odd consumer electronics and computer companies can ...

For many years, mechanical-storage devices were the de facto standard for PC data storage, and shopping for your desired drive was as simple as picking a hard-disk of the required capacity. The ...

MSI will provide a number of its products with an integrated Power eSATA connector. This connector eliminates the need for an extra power connector for eSATA-compatible devices. The eSATA interface ...