SATAポート

English translation: SATA ports

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Japanese term or phrase:SATAポート
English translation:SATA ports
Entered by: Katalin Horváth McClure

19:11 Dec 26, 2006
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Hardware / RAID
Japanese term or phrase: SATAポート
In the following context,
RAIDを構築するには、本製品のSATAポートに2台のHDDを接続する必要です
can a singular form be ok for the translation of SATAポート?

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Local time: 21:06
SATA ports
Explanation:
As the text says, you need to connect 2 hard disk drives, so you would use two connectors.
You should know from the context, whether the system uses a multiplier on one SATA port, or has two separate ports. Either way, since the text mentions connecting two HDDs, plural is appropriate.

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Note added at 26 perc (2006-12-26 19:38:10 GMT)
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A little more explanation:

Can you run multiple drives off a SATA port?

EXPERT RESPONSE
By default, basic SATA supports a point-to-point connection, for example between a server and a disk drive. However, you can run multiple SATA disk drives off of a single SATA port if port multipliers are used.

Port multipliers enable a SATA controller port to fan-out to multiple SATA devices.
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More here:
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnsw...
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SATA ports


Explanation:
As the text says, you need to connect 2 hard disk drives, so you would use two connectors.
You should know from the context, whether the system uses a multiplier on one SATA port, or has two separate ports. Either way, since the text mentions connecting two HDDs, plural is appropriate.

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Note added at 26 perc (2006-12-26 19:38:10 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

A little more explanation:

Can you run multiple drives off a SATA port?

EXPERT RESPONSE
By default, basic SATA supports a point-to-point connection, for example between a server and a disk drive. However, you can run multiple SATA disk drives off of a single SATA port if port multipliers are used.

Port multipliers enable a SATA controller port to fan-out to multiple SATA devices.
...
More here:
http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnsw...


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