> > Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 12:21:23 +1100 > From: Rohan McLeod <[email protected]> > To: LUV Main <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PCIe SATA controller > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Tim Hamilton wrote: > > > > [1] http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=210_385 > > > I notice all these controllers are SATA III. > When I was struggling to understand why my new 4TB > HGST_HDN7240_40ALE_640 SATA III HD ; > couldn't seem to deliver a much higher data transfer rate on SATA III > than on SATA II.; > one comment which was illuminating to me was; > " there is no such thing as a SATA III rotating hard-drive" > which I took to mean as : > ' there is no rotating harddrive; whose heads can transfer data on/off > the disk; > at anything like 6Gb/s ~ 600GB/s' (SATA III max)'. > in contrast to say a SATA III SSD, where this is quite possible ! > Apologies if this is merely repeating old news ! > > regards Rohan McLeod >
Indeed, I was using new cards as a reference point to begin trying to understand what was available. That said, I don't see an abundance of new or used SATA II cards available on places like eBay either.
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