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One wonderful aspect of 'Serial ATA' is the fact that there is no more "master" and "slave" switches anymore. You can just plug in whatever cable you need to whatever drive.
Unfortunately, I need a second cable for a second drive.
As such, I have not hooked up both hard drives together yet, limiting my ability to transfer data, although I do have an external drive I can use and my server has plenty of space available.
Still, I could have sworn that I had an extra 'Serial ATA' cable lying around here somewhere.
Friday, March 14, 2008 at 17:54:15 (UTC)
I understand that it has more to do with how the DATA is transferred rather than how the components are hooked up, but it confuses (and ANGERS) me that "Parallel ATA" drives are hooked up in series, while "Serial ATA" drives are hooked up one-per-cable.
It's not just hard drives, peripherals on parallel port were often hooked up in series, while those on serial port (like modems or mice) would conflict if hooked up together.
theMediaman
Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 14:49:43 (UTC)
Yes, I agree that it is quite confusing since what you see when you use it is how you connect the devices and not how the data is being transferred. Heck I would be incredibly impressed if you can prove to me that you can see the data being transferred!
Still, naming aside, Serial ATA is much less annoying that old Parallel ATA.
QYV