SATA tape drives also eliminate transfer rate bottlenecks experienced with
ATAPI. The
ATAPI specification was not designed to handle the fast transfer rates (up to 62.5MB/second) of the latest AIT generations.
The
ATAPI protocol is necessary for compatibility with existing host drivers, just as it was necessary when the first SCSI CD-ROM drives made the transition to the low-cost parallel ATA bus.
Sony DRU-810A DVD/CD Rewritable Drive --
ATAPI (EIDE) internal interface
The internal drive comes with an
ATAPI interface for easy installation inside a PC, while the external DRX-510UL drive features both an i.
TEAC has introduced their new DV-516E, a 16X IDE
ATAPI DVD-ROM drive.
The industry's first 3Gb/s SATA host controller supporting PCI-Express, the SiI 3132 offers full advanced SATA functionality normally limited to server-class systems, including 3 Gb/s SATA data transfer rates, Native Command Queuing, support for port multipliers with Frame Information Structure (FIS)-based switching and support for
ATAPI commands, making it compatible with optical drives such as CD-ROMs and DVD+/-RWs.
Similar to the relationship between ATA and
ATAPI, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is a way of transferring SCSI commands across a SATA bus.
The internal DRU-710A drive comes with an
ATAPI interface for easy installation inside a PC and includes a black replacement bezel for those with black-colored PC cases.