Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:32:41 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: SATA 150 vs SATA 300 |
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Marc Perkel wrote: > Another speed related question. How much faster are SATA II drives > compared to regular SATA drives in real life? And - does NCQ really > help? I'm just looking for a general guess in the form of, "The Disk IO > upgrading to SATA II with NCQ will generally be X% faster." What value > is X?
SATA 150 and SATA 300 refers to interface speed (1.5Gbps or 3Gbps). Unless its entirely flash-based or RAM-based, it is highly unlikely that your disk max out the SATA cable bandwidth.
There is "SATA II is x times faster" rule, because it depends on the drive mechanics inside. A SATA II drive may be exactly the same speed as SATA I, except that it is upgraded to support NCQ and other SATA II features.
NCQ definitely helps.
Jeff
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