Hard Drive Connector Types Explained! - SAS, SATA, SCSI, FC, IDE

What are the different types of hard drive connector and why you should need to know? In this video guide we have explained in details.

There are three main types of Hard Drive interface including IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) also known as ATA or PATA (parallel ATA), SATA (Serial ATA), and SCSI (Small Computer System Interface).

IDE drives consists of a 40-pin connector attached to a flat ribbon cable. The jumper on ATA hard drives can be configured as master or slave. 40 Pin Connecter IDE Drive Types are ATA-33, ATA-66, ATA-100, and ATA-133.

SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) drives are widely used in workstations, servers, and mainframes. SCSI drives cables are usually used ribbons with two or more 50–, 68–, or 80–pin connectors attached. The 80–pin Single Connector Attachment (SCA) is typically used for hot-plugged devices.
80-Pin Connector SCSI Drives Types are Ultra2 Wide, Ultra-160, and Ultra-320.
68-Pin Connector SCSI Drives are smaller than 80 Pin SCSI drives.
68-Pins SCSI Drives Types are Fast Wide, Ultra Wide, Ultra2 Wide, Ultra-160, and Ultra-320

SATA is short for Serial ATA (which is an abbreviation for Serial Advanced Technology Attachment). Types of 7-Pin Connector SATA Drives are available in the capacity of 1Gpbs, 1.5Gpbs, 3Gbps, and 6Gbps.

SAS stands for Serial Attached SCSI, which are faster and more reliable than SATA drives. SAS drives are used for Enterprise Computing where high speed and performance are important. Types of 29-Pin / 32-Pin Connector SAS Drives available in the capacity of 3Gbps, 6Gbps and 12Gbps.

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[boondock]

thanks for all the time and effort well done

[CedricBouwerLearnEternal]

I must commend you on a very good, clear and concise, video. I will most definitely subscribe.

[BeastmodeBeats]

now add 2.5” ssd, m.2 sata, m.2 nvme

[brayantheguru]

i have my scsi hard drive connected to my computer why doesnt it read ?? Is a scsi hard drive compatible with today's motherboards? with windows 10

[iamuzairahmad]

can anyone tell me about the M-2 interface type. and in which category it falls in?

[yefamily]

Thank you. The audio volume is a bit low.

[pvb]

I do not see the IDE pin style SCSI with 50 male Maxtor 7345SR

[davidbann]

I just bought a sas drive and it said 12gbps so I figured it would be better than my sata drive.... Im going to clone my sata to the sas and make the machine boot from it... does this sound right?

[ruisantos]

Dear Friend. May be you can help me. I have some old servers in stock Intel KSW480 with SCSI drives. The servers are ok and for what I need do the job. Issue is that I need more drive space. Can I use SAS drives in the server ? If yes, what kind of adaptor I need to use ?

[mahidm]

None of these connectors look like my hard drive. I have a WD2500BEVT laptop hard drive. And it has flat pins. I cant find the name of this type. I'm looking to buy an adaptor to usb to help me retrieve the data from this ancient hard drive. Please help!

[necrolok]

MFM....I still have my Seagate 20meg MFM