Benefits Of SAS & SATA Laptop Hard Drives
                     Benefits of SAS & SATA Laptop Hard Drives
The  abbreviations  may look  similar,  but  they  are  very  much different
technologies. Both are the different kinds of  laptop hard drives, also
used  in  servers,  and  each  has  pros  and  cons.  Let  us  explore  a  few
benefits of SATA and SAS hard drives.
SATA Hard Drives
SATA is the current development of the ATA hard drive from the 1990s
and early 2000s, as used in home desktop computers. Every computer
sold today comes with SATA-II or SATA-III, now often with SSD. 
Benefits of SATA Hard Drives
1. Good storage for infrequently-accessed data – An ideal use for
SATA is storage for backup snapshots, media, images, or files. A
large RAID-protected SATA-based array will work wonders, as the
writes/reads are more often than not sequential.
2. Sequentially quick – SATA is really good at writing sequentially. It
is capable of 6 Gbps throughput, and can actually write at that rate,
if no random reads or writes are engaged.
3. Cheaper than SAS – SATA hard drives are usually 75% less than
similar  SAS  hard  drives.  So  hosting  providers  can  offer  more
storage space at a lower cost – or at a higher profit margin. And
dedicated server customers can make the most of larger storage,
such as backup drives.
SAS Hard Drives
SAS is  the  current  development  of  the  SCSI  interface  drives  used  in
higher-end workstations and servers. The same as consumer laptops that
come with 1TB laptop drives, the majority of modern servers come with
SSD or  HDD  –  but  quicker  and  more  dependable.  It  is  the  de  facto
standard used by enterprises.
Benefits of SAS Hard Drives
1. Better suited to 24/7 workloads – SAS is made for servers, and
often  have  100%  duty  cycles.  Unlike  SATA  drives  for  a  home
desktop, which has 20-30% duty cycles, SAS is made to read or
write data all day, every day. SATA failures are even unpredictable
by comparison.
2. Quicker throughput – SAS hard drives can read/write and process
data  in  a  fraction  of  the  time as  SATA –  especially  on  random
read/writes,  and especially with the latest 12 Gbps disks making
use of the most modern RAID hardware controllers. Even though
SATA is good at sequential data, random IOPS are terrible.
The Final Take
Even though SATA may be fine at home, or on a cheap server, but it is
just not acceptable for use by mission-critical focused hosting providers.
Are  you  looking  for  a  reliable  600gb  15k  SAS 3.5 hard  disk  drive?
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