How has it [SATA] come up short against IDE? WHen I got my new PC, I didn't have much of a choice. All the mobos were SATA and all the HDs were SATA. eSATA was the main advantage for me. Plus...I hated running ackward wide ribbon cables everywhere.
I think it's awesome.
Hi again,
Could it be because for a copy file operation
the file has to be both read from the disk and then written back
to the disk, and that takes more time with a serial device?
It has to read and write the files plus both directory entries.
I dont really know for sure though. All i know for sure is that
the SATA systems i have tested come in at roughly one half
of the speed of the reference IDE system, and these were all
relatively recent systems (within 2 years ago).
What i did do is make a disk speed test program and i ask
people to test their systems and send me the results so i can
compare a more wider base of systems. The program only
takes about 15 seconds to run and the results display out on
screen. If anyone is interested in this program, please let me
know. I would be interested to see the results from more
systems so i can make a good comparison between the real
life SATA drives (not just the spec's printed on web sites)
and real life IDE drives.