List of fake vs. real SATA drives.

João Carlos Mendes Luís jonny at jonny.eng.br
Mon Nov 22 14:45:20 GMT 2004


What is the practical diference?  Performance?

FUJISHIMA Satsuki wrote:
> Currently native SATA drives are still not so popular. There are:
> Seagate Barracuda ATA V, 7200.7, 7200.8
> Maxtor DiamondMax10, MaXLineIII
> Fujitsu MHT20xxBH(2.5 inch)
> Any other drives (as far as I know, of course) are ATA drive with
> serial-parallel bridge.
> 
> At Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:36:43 -0500,
> David Gilbert wrote:
> 
>>Is there anyone compiling a list of "fake" vs. "real" SATA drives?
>>The difference being "fake" drives with ATA-100 electronics and an
>>SATA to ATA conversion chip vs. drives that really support SATA
>>natively?


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