Exam 9: Hard Drive Technologies

Which SATA variety runs at 6 GBPS?

What advanced SATA features does Advanced Host Controller Interface ?(AHCI) usage unlock?

If the controllers are enabled and the drive is properly connected, the drive should appear in CMOS through a process called_______________.

Why is airflow an important consideration in system builds?

Disk _______________, spreading data across multiple drives, by itself provides no redundancy.

The maximum SATA-device cable length is _______________ inches.

Describe how RAID 0+1 works.

_______________ is also called RAID 1+0 and sometimes called a "stripe of mirrors."

The process of reading and writing data at the same time to two drives is called _______________.

What type of power connector do all PATA drives use?

Rather than using a master/slave concept, how does SATA function?

To install solid-state drives into a desktop or tower with 3.5-inch drive bays, _______________ are available to make the job easy.

You are installing two PATA drives.How should you set the jumpers?

Many folks refer to traditional HDDs as magnetic hard drives, or sometimes _______________-based hard drives.

Which term refers to the mirroring technique in which each drive has its own controller?

How many PATA drives-including hard drives, optical drives, and tape drives-can be connected to a single ATA controller?

What is autodetection?

Which SATA variety runs up to 16 GBPS?

Hard drives run at a set _______________, with the spinning platters measured in revolutions per minute (RPM).

What is the purpose of the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI)?