| Протоколы HDD | |||||||
| Название протокола | Скорость | Длина | Кабель | Свойства | Дата | ||
| ATA | 4 MB/sec | - | 40жил/40кон-в | 1981 | |||
| ATA-2 | 16 MB/sec | - | 40жил/40кон-в | 1994 | |||
| Ultra DMA 33 (ATA-2/3/E-IDE/ATAPI) | 33 MB/sec | 0,45м кабель до 2 уст-в | 40жил/40кон-в | CRC,до 4 уст-в 5400/7200rpm | 1996/1997 | 16 bit | |
| Ultra DMA 66 (ATA-4) | 66 MB/sec | 80жил/40кон-в | 1998 | 16 bit | |||
| Ultra DMA 100 (ATA-5) | 100 MB/sec | 80жил/40кон-в | 1999 | 16 bit | |||
| Ultra DMA 133 (ATA-6) | 133 MB/sec | 80жил/40кон-в | 2002 | 16 bit | |||
| Serial ATA-150 (SATA-150) | 1,5 Gbit/s | 1м in/2м out кабель | Hot Swap | 2003 | |||
| Serial ATA-300 (SATA-300) | 3 Gbit/s | Hot Swap | 2004 | ||||
| Serial ATA II | до 4 уст-в RAID | ||||||
| Serial Storage Architecture(SSA) | 80 MB/sec | до 127 уст-в | 2003 | ||||
| Fibre Channel (FC-AL) | 125 MB/sec | до 127 уст-в | 10 км(оптика) | ||||
| Ultra160SCSI | 160 MB/sec | до 15 уст-в 10000/15000rpm | 68pin(noHS)/ SCA80pin(HS) | Hot Swap | |||
| Ultra320SCSI | 320 MB/sec | Hot Swap | |||||
| SATA Direct Attached Storage (DAS) | |||||||
| Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) | 3000 Mb/sec | ||||||
| Файловые системы | |||||||
| FAT12 | 134 MB | 1,8" | 30,60GB | 4200rpm | UDMA100 | 2MB | |
| FAT16 | 2.15 GB | 2,5" | 100GB | ||||
| FAT32 | 32GB/partit | 4GB/File | 3,5" | 200,250,400,500GB | 5400/7200/1000RPM | UDMA133 | 2,8,16MB |
| NTFS | |||||||