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SATA II & III Full-Duplex?
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http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00301688/c00301688.pdf
Seems to indicate that it's half-duplex. Also, 8/10 bit encoding is being used, so 6 Gbit SATA is really 4.8 Gbit of real bandwidth, or 600 MByes second.
Also here:
http://features.techworld.com/storage/1973/sas-or-enterprise-sata-drives/
Seems to indicate that it's half-duplex. Also, 8/10 bit encoding is being used, so 6 Gbit SATA is really 4.8 Gbit of real bandwidth, or 600 MByes second.
Also here:
http://features.techworld.com/storage/1973/sas-or-enterprise-sata-drives/
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SATA of all variants is half duplex, SAS is full duplex.