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Re: Question: SSD speed



On Mi, 07 oct 20, 13:31:49, Jeremy Nicoll wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Oct 2020, at 12:14, Alberto Sentieri wrote:
> > Just a small correction: it I believe SATA uses 8B/10B protocol, which 
> > means each byte uses 10 bits on the serial channel.
> 
> I didn't know that.  Divide bps by ten to get Bps is the rule of thumb I
> use for things like broadband connections, to allow for protocol
> overhead.

In the times of 56k modems I've seen 9 suggested as a divider, to allow 
for protocol overhead and some compression (assuming the data itself is 
not compressible).

Kind regards,
Andrei
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