Uhh....how can you not be a fan of SATA hard drives?
They're identical to IDE in every way, except transmission speed, cable physical size, and the hardware controller. And in each of those respects, they are better.
Unless you're referring to SCSI...which means you've probably never heard of SAS, or Serial-Attached SCSI. Basically it's SCSI with a nice, quick SATA interface, with small cables and -thank you god- standardized connectors. Best of both worlds right there.
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Uhh....how can you not be a fan of SATA hard drives?
They're identical to IDE in every way, except transmission speed, cable physical size, and the hardware controller. And in each of those respects, they are better.
Unless you're referring to SCSI...which means you've probably never heard of SAS, or Serial-Attached SCSI. Basically it's SCSI with a nice, quick SATA interface, with small cables and -thank you god- standardized connectors. Best of both worlds right there.