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What are storage cables?
Cables used to connect storage devices to the computer or motherboard.
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What is a Lightning cable?
Older cable used by Apple
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What does SATA stand for?
Serial Advanced Technology Attatchment
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What is a SATA cable?
The standard cable used to connect a storage device to the motherboard
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What does the SATA 7-Pin connector do?
Transfers data
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What does the SATA 15-Pin connector do?
Provides power
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What speeds does SATA Revision 1 support up to?
1.5 Gbps
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What speeds does SATA Revision 2 support up to?
3 Gbps
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What speeds does SATA Revision 3 support up to?
6 Gbps
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What is eSATA?
An external SATA cable
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What does SCSI stand for?
Small Computer Systems Interface
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What is SCSI?
A legacy connector mainly used in servers and workstations
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How many devices can Narrow SCSI support up to?
7 devices
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How many devices can Wide SCSI support up to?
15 devices
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How many pins does a High Density Cable have?
68 pins
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What is a MOLEX connector?
Provides power for SCSI devices
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What does SCA stand for?
Single Connector Attatchment
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What is a SCA connector?
An 80-pin connector that provides both power and data transfer for SCSI devices
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What does SAS stand for?
Serial Attatched SCSI
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What is SAS?
A high performance cable used to connect storage devices to servers and workstations
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What speeds does SAS support up to?
24 Gbps
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What storage cables are usually used for external storage?
USB or Thunderbolt