6Gb/s SATA Server Hard Drives

Key takeaways

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• A SATA drive has a single data path, so in a dual-controller storage enclosure it cannot provide the path redundancy a SAS drive gives, even in the same backplane.
• 10K and 15K performance classes were built almost entirely on SAS, not SATA, so a high-RPM SATA drive is unlikely to exist; SATA drives are 7,200 RPM capacity parts.
• SATA 6Gb/s spans the same capacity range as nearline SAS, from small legacy sizes up through modern helium drives, so interface and capacity are independent choices to make.