multilane sata (what is it/ advantages? etc)

[markm75]

I'm seeing alot of new server rackmount sata backplanes listed as
"multilane"...

I'm not familiar with this terminology.. is having a rackmount server
with removable SATAII HDs and this terminology better in any way than
those without?

Thanks

 

[Arno Wagner]

I'm seeing alot of new server rackmount sata backplanes listed as
"multilane"...

I'm not familiar with this terminology.. is having a rackmount server
with removable SATAII HDs and this terminology better in any way than
those without?

This just means that they can server more than one disk.
Marketink speak at its best...

Arno

 

[markm75]

Marketink speak at its best...

Arno

So any backplane that is SATAII (and/or NCQ) is the same thing.. just
fancy wording ..

Thanks for the input.

 

[Rod Speed]

Yes. Those are effectively better because of the multilanes, one for each hard drive.

Wrong.

So any backplane that is SATAII (and/or NCQ)
is the same thing.. just fancy wording ..

Nope, he's mangled that completely.

http://www.satacables.com/html/sata_multilane-solutions.html

 

[Arno Wagner]

So any backplane that is SATAII (and/or NCQ) is the same thing.. just
fancy wording ..

AFAIK that is the case. The only other "multilane" STA I know are
"multilane SATA cables", which are several separate SATA cables
somehow tied together for part of their length.

Thanks for the input.

No problem.

Arno

 

[Arno Wagner]

AFAIK that is the case. The only other "multilane" STA I know are
"multilane SATA cables", which are several separate SATA cables
somehow tied together for part of their length.

.... or in a connector. Anyways, it is a puerly phycical thing.

Arno

 

[James Brown]

... or in a connector. Anyways, it is a puerly phycical thing.

Wrong, as always.

Clearly completely blotto.

 

[markm75]

Clearly completely blotto.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Blotto = rock band in the late 1970s and early 1980s