| Anatomy of a Serial ATA Storage Enclosure
As a company's demand for on-line and near-line data storage grows, the job of balancing the cost of equipment against
performance and reliability becomes more and more challenging. New storage products based on Serial ATA architecture are
promising lower costs while still providing very good levels of performance but not all SATA-based storage enclosures are
alike.
It is important for those tasked with acquiring data storage systems to understand that a properly constructed storage
enclosure needs to meet certain levels of structural, electrical, and environmental integrity. By having a good, fundamental
understanding of what constitutes a properly built storage enclosure, lot of these issues can be avoided and the expectations
of performance, reliability, and low system cost can be attained. |
