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SAS Performance at SATA Pricing: Cost-Effective SAS RAID Controller
SAS Performance at SATA Pricing: Cost-Effective SAS RAID Controller
SAS that was reserved more for the enterprise or server market. It is no longer the case with the release of cheaper SAS controller expansion card. Today, we will be comparing 15,000 RPM SAS drives in RAID 0 with 7,200 RPM SATA drives in RAID 0 to see the performance difference between the two ...
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SAS Performance at SATA Pricing: Cost-Effective SAS RAID Controller
Home — ... Thursday, 25 September 2008 Bjorn3d - Although SAS HDD's are primarly aimed for the enterprise market whose main goal is to achieve the highest performance, the fact that you can find these drives in speeds of up to 15,000 RPM makes them a good candidate for enthusiasts as well. Current desktop SATA HDD's have rotational speed of either 5,400 rpm or 7,200 rpm. For the enthusiasts, SATA drives can be found in speeds up to 10,000 RPM. SAS, on the other hand, can be found commonly at rotational speed of 10,000 RPM and 15,000 RPM. Content navigation go to: ...

SAS Performance at SATA Pricing: Cost-Effective SAS RAID Controller
DV Hardware — ... aimed for the enterprise market whose main goal is to achieve the highest performance, the fact that you can find these drives in speeds of up to 15,000 RPM makes them a good candidate for enthusiasts as well. Current desktop SATA HDD's have rotational speed of either 5,400 rpm or 7,200 rpm. For the enthusiasts, SATA drives can be found in speeds up to 10,000 RPM. SAS, on the other hand, can be found commonly at rotational speed of 10,000 RPM and 15,000 RPM. Read more at Bjorn3D. SAS Performance at SATA Pricing: Cost-Effective SAS RAID ...

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