One of your clients is planning to upgrade their PATA drives to SATA drives. Which one of these would be a good reason to upgrade from PATA to SATA?
A) The SATA drive technology is more secure
B) PATA drives will not operate with newer software packages
C) SATA drives are physically smaller than PATA drives
D) SATA drives support faster data throughput
E) SATA drives are shiny and come in your choice of colors
The answer: D) SATA drives support faster data throughput
The serial connection used for SATA drives provide enhanced throughput over the older PATA drive technologies.
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