SK0-003 · Question #428
Which of the following internal storage technologies has the HIGHEST single drive storage capacity?
The correct answer is B. SATA. SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drives typically offer the highest single-drive storage capacity among the listed options, prioritizing cost-effective capacity for consumer and nearline enterprise storage.
Question
Which of the following internal storage technologies has the HIGHEST single drive storage capacity?
Options
- ASAS
- BSATA
- CFlash
- DSCSI
How the community answered
(39 responses)- A3% (1)
- B95% (37)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drives typically offer the highest single-drive storage capacity among the listed options, prioritizing cost-effective capacity for consumer and nearline enterprise storage.
SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) drives typically prioritize performance, reliability, and enterprise features over raw capacity per drive, often having lower maximum capacities than SATA drives.
SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drives generally offer the highest single drive storage capacity compared to SAS, SCSI, or Flash-based SSDs. SATA drives are designed for cost-effectiveness and large capacity, making them common for archival, nearline storage, and consumer desktops where capacity is prioritized over enterprise-grade performance and reliability features.
Flash-based storage (SSDs) typically has lower maximum capacities per drive than traditional hard disk drives (HDDs) like SATA, although their performance is significantly higher.
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is an older interface, and modern SCSI HDDs (which evolved into SAS) generally have lower maximum capacities than contemporary SATA drives, prioritizing performance and enterprise features.
Concept tested: Storage drive capacity comparison
Source: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/STXKQY/STXKQY_2.2.0/sata_hard_disk_drives.html
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