Data storage usage is mounting each day with increasing requirements brought forward by emerging technologies. Data can be maintained on online, offline and Nearline storage systems.

SATA has always played a central role in storage solutions. It is used as the main storage interconnect between host systems like PC's or mobiles  and external devices like hard drives, solid state drives, hybrid drives and optical drives. Later it started to play a major role in higher applications enabling cost-effective storage solutions.