Re: Sata HDD Jumper Limit Question

Mark F wrote:

Note that even if the disk doesn't go any faster when operating at
300MB/s, you still might get a big speed if you are using a port
multiplier and have more than one disk on the same port.

To be honest, I never heard of a [SATA] port multiplier before. I had
to go look it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_multiplier

In the past, I've always bought motherboards with enough or extra SATA
ports or used SATA controller daughtercards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816215155 $39

While it says you can have up to 10 hard disks connected to this port
multiplier, you'd think they're all sharing the same bandwidth of one
controller. Depends on whether the muxer uses command or FIS switching
as noted in the Wiki article.
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