O uso de cabos mais curtos pode causar temporização ou interferência de ruído no cabo.
A única referência que posso encontrar para apoiar isso é de um artigo intitulado Design e desenvolvimento de equipamentos SAS / SATA bem-sucedidos: o que você precisa saber para 6 Gb / se além .
If a cable is too short, however, de-emphasis and equalization may actually end up overcompensating for a signal, actually reducing signal integrity.
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Note that short cable issues do not apply to SATA as SATA does not support de-emphasis or equalization
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Other ways developers can improve signal integrity include:
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Use the shortest reasonable cable:
The longer the cable, the greater the attenuation. The best way to reduce attenuation is by shortening cables. This is especially true for SATA, where the absence of the SAS specification’s de-emphasis and equalization mean that the link’s characteristics completely control signal attenuation and jitter.
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Don’t use too short a cable for SAS-2:
While this may seem to contradict the previous point, SAS-2 employs de-emphasis and equalization to attempt to overcome the effects of attenuation and jitter. However, as endpoints don’t communicate as to how much de-emphasis and equalization there should be, these values are fixed within a range with expectation that they will work over the specification’s supported cable lengths.
If a cable is too short, however, de-emphasis and equalization may actually end up overcompensating for a signal, actually reducing signal integrity.
While the specification supposedly can work for any range of cable length, if you encounter issues with short cables working with SAS-2, try experimenting with longer lengths to determine if this is the problem. Note that short cable issues do not apply to SATA as SATA does not support de-emphasis or equalization
Observação: a Especificação da Serial ATA Revisão 3.0 não menciona comprimento de cabo mínimo que eu poderia encontrar. O menor comprimento de cabo referenciado no padrão é de 1 metro.
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- Especificação da Revisão 3.0 do Serial ATA