will serial ata support more then 2 devices?

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:04 am

will serial ata support more then 2 devices per cable like scsi?
If so with the transfer rates in the future and the smaller cable size, the potential is awesome

dadx2mj · Post by **dadx2mj** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:22 am

Somebody correct me if I am wrong but it is my understanding that SATA only supports one device per cable. So on a mobo like the ASUS NForce 2 you could only have 2 SATA drives unless you added a controller card.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 12:24 am

Yah, that's right.. But I supposed the way around that is just as you said, the controller card.. But who knows.. With the controller card you may be able to hook 10 devices up.. I'm sure it will be just like raid cards.. They'll come in all sizes.. eGo

Busby · Post by **Busby** » Fri Apr 11, 2003 7:58 am

Yeah SATA is single device chains. We shall have to wait and see just how many devices a controller can handle, once SATA becomes more available and such.

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 3:34 pm

SATA controller

there is an example for you of a 4 device SATA controller. looks cool to me.

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 6:37 pm

Linky no worky for me

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Sat Apr 12, 2003 7:17 pm

hmmm...it opens right up for me. try going to their main page and search for the review there:

http://www.gamersdepot.com

RocketRAID 1540 SATA Controller

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will serial ata support more then 2 devices?

will serial ata support more then 2 devices?

That's correct..