SATA Multilane question

[Teecee]

I have a quick question about multilane raid. Are the only benefits in using multilane is cable management or are there also some bandwidth benefits? The only thing I can find is just talk about cables. I am talking about SATA Multilane.

 

[Vertigo Acid]

AFAIK, it is indeed just a cabling method, and doesn't have anything to do with the bandwidth involved

 

[Dew]

Looks like cable management to me.

Looke like you can use multilane breakouts at each end to build custom hdd enclosures using SATA. Sweet.

http://www.cooldrives.com/musaenscopde.html

 

[UICompE02]

If you want to actually aggregate the bandwidth of multiple serial lanes you'll need to use SAS instead of SATA/SATA II. One of the nifty features that make it worth the extra money