NVMe SSDs use the PCIe interface, which makes them scalable, and PCIe doubles its potential bandwidth with each generation.

In most scenarios, storage capacity matters more than peak speed in home servers, and this is where SATA continues to be ...

I installed the WD SSD Dashboard to check the health of my WD NVMe drive. This program also gives stats about WD HDD drives and I noticed that it mentions one of the HDD drives (a Black 1TB SATA III - ...

That’s not always the case, as there are some newer standards available for high-speed drives. But alongside PCIe and NVMe, SATA is still a significant player, especially when it comes to larger-sized ...

If you're getting into the storage game, even on a locally-attached basis, there are a number of options from which to pick when it comes to the way that you will connect your storage. In this article ...

Before I get into features, let me address the SATA II/SATA 3G/SATA-IO naming issue. SATA II was originally the name of the committee that was formed to extend the original SATA 1.x specifications to ...

The realm of storage, as is the case of any other technology, is full of jargon and terminology unique to the technology itself. The sheer volume of terms can quickly become baffling to the average ...

It’s probably been a while since you’ve dealt with your computer’s motherboard. You don’t have to, as long as you simply sit at your PC or notebook and carry out everyday tasks. However, if you want ...

SATA-IO, the industry group behind the Serial ATA standard, has formally released the SATA 3.2 specification with the promise of boosting transfer rates as high as 16Gb/s in future devices. The latest ...

How SAS, Near Line (NL) SAS, and SATA disks compare Your email has been sent Scott Lowe breaks down the differences in reliability and performance between SAS, Near-Line SAS, and SATA drives. When you ...

In other words, if I already have a system with all six SATA ports taken up (1 SSD boot drive, 1 DVD-RW, and 4 HDDs), would I have to sacrifice any of those devices if I connected an NVMe to my M.2 ...

The growth of the PCI Express (PCIe) interface in compute markets is continuing at a brisk rate, with several analysts forecasting 10% to 40% growth in 2013. The big news is that PCIe solid-state ...