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SATA

The common interface for connecting hard drives and 2.5-inch SSDs to a motherboard.

SATA is slower than NVMe but plentiful and cheap, making it ideal for bulk hard drives in a NAS. Most boards have several SATA ports.

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NVMe

A fast storage interface for SSDs that connects over PCIe, far quicker than SATA.

HDD(Hard Disk Drive)

A spinning magnetic drive offering large capacity at a low price per terabyte.

SSD(Solid-State Drive)

Flash-based storage with no moving parts, far faster and quieter than a hard drive.