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1
Q

This sata connector is used for external hard drives:

A

eSATA

2
Q

How do you differentiate between two PATA drives on the same cable?

A

You set jumpers on the individual drives to determine master and slave

3
Q

Potential causes of continuous system reboot loops include:

A
  • Overheating
  • Corrupt OS
  • Hardware failure
  • Misconfigured OS
4
Q

What are typical SSD form factors?

A

1.8, 2.5, and 3.5 inch

5
Q

RAID 5 is also known as?

A

Disk striping with parity

6
Q

How many drives minimum are required for a RAID 5 array?

A

3

7
Q

This RAID provides 0 redundancy, but improves speed

A

RAID 0

8
Q

This technique uses two disks and two controllers:

A

Drive duplexing

9
Q

True or false: a 7200 RPM HDD will generate more heat than a 5400 RPM HDD

A

True

10
Q

How many PATA hard drives can you have on a system with two PATA hard drive controllers?

A

4

11
Q

ATA-3 introduced _____, an internal drive program that tracks errors on a hard drive to predict potential drive failures

A

S.M.A.R.T

12
Q

How many failures can a RAID 1 and 5 array withstand while still remaining functional?

A

1

13
Q

How many failures can a RAID 10 array withstand while still remaining functional?

A

Up to 2

14
Q

Disk striping with distributed parity is also known as:

A

RAID 5

15
Q

Cable select requires a special cable with a pinhole through the wire. Does position of the drives on the cable matter?

A

Yes

16
Q

List the RAID levels in order of minimum number of drives required

A
RAID 0 (2)
RAID 1 (2)
RAID 5 (3)
RAID 6 (4)
RAID 10 (4)
17
Q

PATA allows for a maximum of 18 inch cables while SATA allows a maximum cable length of ____

A

40 inches or 1 meter

18
Q

What allows SSDs to retain data when a system is powered off?

A

NAND

19
Q

Name three parallel ATA devices

A

IDE, EIDE, ATA

20
Q

Is SCSI a parallel ATA device?

A

No

21
Q

What is the throughput of SATA 1.0

A

1.5 Gbps / 150 MBps

22
Q

What is the throughput of SATA 2.0

A

3 Gbps / 300 MBps

23
Q

What is the throughput of SATA 3.0

A

6 Gbps / 600 MBps

24
Q

What is the throughput of SATA 3.2

A

16 Gbps

25
Q

What program in Windows can configure drives for RAID?

A

Disk management