SATA II vs. Firewire
SATA II offers significantly faster transfer speeds, better scalability, and improved cabling options than Firewire and USB interfaces. See the below table.
| Interface |
Interface Speed |
| SATA II |
3Gb/s (300MB/s) |
| Firewire 800 |
800Mb/s (80MB/s) |
| Firewire 400 |
400Mb/s (40MB/s) |
| USB 2.0 |
480Mb/s (48MB/s) |
Note: These interfaces use 8b/10b encoding
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