3.1 - SATA Device Cables

Question 1

SATA (Serial AT Attachment)

Answer 1

• SATA Revision 1.0 - SATA 1.5 Gbit/s, 1 meter
• SATA Revision 2.0 - SATA 3.0 Gbit/s, 1 meter
• SATA Revision 3.0 - SATA 6.0 Gbit/s, 1 meter
• SATA Revision 3.2 - SATA 16 Gbit/s, 1 meter
• eSATA (external SATA)
  – Matches the SATA version - 2 meters

Question 2

SATA

Answer 2

• One power cable and data cable per device
  – One-to-one

Question 3

eSATA cable

Answer 3

• External device connections
  – Uses the SATA standard
• Similar in size to SATA
  – Connectors are physically different