SATA-IO Expands Supported Features in Revision 3.4 Specification

[btarunr]

The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO), the storage industry consortium dedicated to sustaining the quality, integrity and dissemination of the Serial ATA (SATA ) technology, announced the publication of the SATA Revision 3.4 Specification. The newest SATA specification introduces features that enable monitoring of device conditions and execution of housekeeping tasks, both with minimal impact on performance.

The storage market continues to demand improvements in performance, reliability and compatibility. The industry standard group has added new features to the specification revision 3.4 so that SATA devices may offer improvements in these areas, including:

• Durable /Ordered Write Notification: enables writing selected critical cache data to the media, minimizing impact on normal operations.
• Device Temperature Monitoring: allows for active monitoring of SATA device temperature and other conditions without impacting normal operation by utilizing the SFF-8609 standard for out of band (OOB) communications.
• Device Sleep Signal Timing: provides additional definition to enhance compatibility between manufacturers' implementations.

The storage market continues to demand improvements in performance, reliability and compatibility. The industry standard group has added new features to the specification revision 3.4 so that SATA devices may offer improvements in these areas, including:

Durable /Ordered Write Notification: enables writing selected critical cache data to the media, minimizing impact on normal operations.
Device Temperature Monitoring: allows for active monitoring of SATA device temperature and other conditions without impacting normal operation by utilizing the SFF-8609 standard for out of band (OOB) communications.
Device Sleep Signal Timing: provides additional definition to enhance compatibility between manufacturers' implementations.
In addition, the latest revision of the specification includes corrections and clarifications as part of ongoing improvements to the SATA specification.

"SATA remains the highest volume storage interface in the industry and SATA-IO continues to improve the specification for the benefit of SATA developers and users," said Jim Hatfield, SATA-IO president. "The features provided in revision 3.4 deliver the improvements in SATA's performance, reliability and compatibility that our members and the industry expect."

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[lexluthermiester]

No mention of bandwidth increase? Hmm..

 

[EntropyZ]

By the time products come out that supports any of this, we'll all forget this exists.

 

[Prima.Vera]

Is this a joke?

 

[Rockarola]

Minor upgrade, might be useful for business.
(where are all the opinionated people screaming at each other?...oh, no mention of Intel, AMD or NVidia, that'll do it)

 

[ssdpro]

Minor upgrade, might be useful for business.
(where are all the opinionated people screaming at each other?...oh, no mention of Intel, AMD or NVidia, that'll do it)

RIP Intel.

Intel SATA-IO again on AMD's coat tails, following them!

This news proves Intel is out of control and lost as a company.

Seriously, that is the troll garbage on so many of those other articles.

 

[Static~Charge]

No mention of bandwidth increase? Hmm..

I think they've conceded that crown to NVMe.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I think they've conceded that crown to NVMe.

There was a rumor of SATA24Gbps and even 48Gbps, which would be comparable to NVMe, but we'll see..

 

[Prima.Vera]

There was a rumor of SATA24Gbps and even 48Gbps, which would be comparable to NVMe, but we'll see..

You're optimistic. But SATA it's dying breed, just like EIDE. And it's about well god damn time too.
Personally I look forward for NVMe 2.0 with 4x times the bandwidth and double the PCIe lanes (PCIe 4.0 and 5.0). Hopefull in the near future, we can finally see the RAM speeds coming to flash also.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You're optimistic. But SATA it's dying breed, just like EIDE. And it's about well god damn time too.

No it isn't. SATA drives are still the most common kind of drive being made by far. While NVMe is good(damn good) it's hardly dominant at this time. And you are not going to see, any time soon, multiple TB drives on NVMe. I think you're the one being optimistic..

 

[Prima.Vera]

No it isn't. SATA drives are still the most common kind of drive being made by far. While NVMe is good(damn good) it's hardly dominant at this time. And you are not going to see, any time soon, multiple TB drives on NVMe. I think you're the one being optimistic..

I'm optimistic that SATA will be gone for good in less than 10 years.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I'm optimistic that SATA will be gone for good in less than 10 years.

It'll be interesting to look back in 10 years. However, NVMe is unlikely to take over as a standard, it's just not very versatile. SATA is.

 

[Prima.Vera]

It is. But unless we see soon SATA 4 with AT LEAST 48 or 64Gbit/s, transfer rates, there is no much hope for it over NVMe. I say that because the consumer market it's always in a constant change and evolution, while the professional one mostly using SAS or FCP, so no life for SATA here...

 

[lexluthermiester]

While I agree there needs to be improvement, let's keep things in perspective. Most drives on the market don't and can't saturate the SATA bus. The few that can are elitist devices anyway. A bump to 24 or even 32Gbps would be a massive improvement that would still be affordable to the masses, OEM's included. Regardless, SATA is the most affordable and versatile game in town and that isn't likely going to change anytime soon.

 

[Prima.Vera]

Yes, that's true. But latelly NVMe drives are catching up on the price of the SATA ones, especially on the budget oriented ones.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yes, that's true. But latelly NVMe drives are catching up price the SATA ones, especially on the budget oriented ones.

I've noticed that as well. Let's hope that trend continues.