Single Side Description (SSD)

"To SATA or not to SATA, that is the question"

SATA

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment. Successor to IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) aka Parallel ATA (PATA)

• SATA I: 1.5Gb/s
• SATA II: 3Gb/s
• SATA III: 6Gb/s

eSATA

external SATA. Allthough slightly faster as USB 3.0 it is not as popular.

mSATA

mini-SATA. Unpopular.

SATAe

SATA Express

NGFF (aka next generation form factor after mSATA)

There is some fairly decent documentation on M.2 (aka NGFF)

• M.2 SSD SATA or not
• M.2 SSD Keying and Length

So why would I repeat it?

:)

M.2 SATA

See NGFF

M.2 PCI-Express

See NGFF