AMCC SIDECAR 3 - Manual (Page 7)

Interface Interface Speed
xSATA 12Gb/s (1200MB/s)
eSATA 3Gb/s (300MB/s)
Firewire 800 800Mb/s (80MB/s)
Firewire 400 400Mb/s (40MB/s)
USB 2.0 480Mb/s (48MB/s)
Note: These interfaces use 8b/10b encoding
xSATA vs. eSATA, Firewire and USB
xSATA offers significantly faster transfer speeds,
better scalability, and improved cabling options than
eSATA, Firewire and USB interfaces.
Data Quantity
Movies 3,000
Digital Photos 600,000
Songs 1,000,000
Spreadsheets 30,000,000
How Much is 3TB?
Movie=1GB
Digital Photo=5MB
Song=3MB
Spreadsheet=100KB
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Interface Technology
xSATA up to 28x FASTER!
Firewire 400
400Mb/s (40MB/s)
Firewire 800
800Mb/s (80MB/s)
USB 2.0
480Mb/s (48MB/s)
eSATA
3Gb/s (300MB/s)
xSATA
12Gb/s (1200MB/s)
xSATA has a TOTAL speed-matching bandwidth of
1.2GB/s (300MB/s X 4-lanes!)
eSATA Solutions share the 300MB/s bandwidth among
the available lanes (300MB/s ÷ 4 lanes)