Question

You're trying to decide which disk technology to use on your new Windows Server 2016 install. The server will be in heavy use around the clock every day, so high performance is a necessity. Which technology is the best choice?

a. IDE
b. ATA-166
c. SATA
d. SAS

Answer 1

D. SAS.

Step-by-step explanation:

A serial attached SCSI or SAS is a disk technology that moves data at a high speed from and to a computer disk drive. It uses the SCSI commands and is a serial connection, unlike its predecessor which the parallel bus.

It is used to connect SATA to most SAS controllers. The four versions of SAS are SAS 1, SAS 2, SAS 3 and was 4, and the fourth version has a speed of 22gigabit per second. It components are the initiator, services delivery subsystem, target and expander.