[G4] Drives?

[John Niven]

Doug,
What are you defining as a Mb?

There is a difference between Mbytes and Mbits. A byte
is 8 bits.

So in theory 133Mbytes per second is equivalent to
1064Mbits per second (=1.064Gbits per second). This is
less than 1.5Gbits but there are overheads in the bit
coding which mean that these two numbers are not
exactly equivalent. THAT's why it's confusing!

I had read that in practice ATA133 ~= SATA150.

Anyway I would rather use SATA because of the better
cabling and airflow, never mind the speed.

John

--- Doug Burton <slugg0 at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> > ATA133 = 133Mbytes per second.
> > SATA = 1.5Gbits per second.
> 
> I find this a bit misleading in that you state the
> drive speeds in two  
> different formats.  Why not just tell it like it is
> and say:
> 
> ATA133 = 133 Mb per second
> SATA = 150 Mb per second



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