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SATA Interface

SATA is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives. Serial ATA succeeded the earlier Parallel ATA (PATA) standard to become the predominant interface for storage devices.

Interface Test Methods​

Read and write tests​

  • Install the hdparm utility
sudo apt-get install hdparm
  • Testing read speed
sudo hdparm -t /dev/sdX
  • Testing write speed
sudo hdparm -tT --direct /dev/sdX