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Why has SCSI decided to rear its ugly head back into the world?

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Hi all.

 

I have recently watched the Techquickie video about SATA vs. SAS.

 

I know that having things like PATA and SATA stopped the need to use SCSI.

 

Why didn't the developers of SAS just develop it for SATA so anyone can use it.

 

C'mon SCSI developers, SCSI is like way too old, at least by today's standards. Develop something like SAS but for SATA. 

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because sas is 4x faster than sata, and aside from cost doesnt really have any extra disadvantages.

(edit: should clarify: 2x the troughput, and sas being full duplex over sata's half duplex adds up to "theoretical" 4x speed)

 

and its not because the scsi standard is old that it shouldnt be used, look down at your keyboard, that layout is older than your grandma, and its still just fine today.

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Hi all.

 

I have recently watched the Techquickie video about SATA vs. SAS.

 

I know that having things like PATA and SATA stopped the need to use SCSI.

 

Why didn't the developers of SAS just develop it for SATA so anyone can use it.

 

C'mon SCSI developers, SCSI is like way too old, at least by today's standards. Develop something like SAS but for SATA. 

 

You know that SAS stands for Serial Attached SCSI and accepts SATA disks natively right, it was in the video. The SCSI command sets were specifically designed more multi user access for servers, something not required for desktops. This is just a general compatibility issue when upgrading existing technologies.

 

Also SAS allows you to run multiple disks per port unlike SATA, something also not required for desktops. 

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OP doesn't know the difference between SCSI and SAS 

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You know that SAS stands for Serial Attached SCSI and accepts SATA disks natively right, it was in the video. The SCSI command sets were specifically designed more multi user access for servers, something not required for desktops. This is just a general compatibility issue when upgrading existing technologies.

 

Also SAS allows you to run multiple disks per port unlike SATA, something also not required for desktops. 

Yes, I totally forgot when I was creating this post.

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PSU: Casecom 600W PSU | Case: Corsair Graphite 230T | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB | HDD: 3TB WD Blue

Dell XPS 15 9560

Beautiful laptop, in a stunning form factor.

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ | GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630/Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (not mobile, full GPU) | RAM: 16GB DDR4 | SSD: 512GB SK Hynix SSD

Display: 4K IPS 100% Adobe RGB Touch Panel | I/O: Two USB 3.0 with PowerShare, HDMI, 3.5mm Headphone Jack, SD Card Slot, and Thunderbolt 3 USB-C

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