Nt1110 Port Expander
Breanna McCarthy
NT 1110 comp. strategies & logic
Unit 4 Research Paper 1
Port Expander
Hardware Expander Types: * Ethernet Port Expander Hardware * FireWire Port Expander Hardware * DB-25 Port Expander Hardware * Serial Port Expander Hardware * USB Port Expander Hardware * VGA Port Expander Hardware * DVI Port Expander Hardware * SCSI Port Expander Hardware * Audio Port Expander Hardware * Video Port Expander Hardware * Microphone Port Expander Hardware * RS-422 Port Expander Hardware * Modbus Serial Port Hardware * SATA Port Expander Hardware * SAS Port Expander Hardware * SSD Port Expander Hardware
A port expander is a device that allows one port on a computer system to connect to multiple devices. There are two basic forms of port expanders: internal and external. An internal expander has a connection inside the computer, typically on the motherboard, and the only part the user sees is the expansion plate containing multiple ports. An external device plugs into the existing port and then has multiple places to connect. When not part of a computer system, these devices are commonly known as splitters.
There are no specific types of ports for different computers now days. All the computers from PC to Mac have all the same ports on them. I went to a computer support chat at Eugene Computer Geeks www.eugenecomputergeeks.com and spoke with Cameron fhead geek) and he told me "Well...now day's PC's and MAC's have the same ports. Firewire used to be super popular with MAC's, but a lot of PC's had it as well. Firewire is pretty much phased out now days though." The advantages of using port expanders are that you get more ports more ports to use. SAS expander takes one port and makes many out of them. So say you have one 6gbps, and you expand it so you can connect 8 devices. The total throughput on all 8 ports is only 6gbps, or about 80MBPS. Even in regular hard drives can do 80MBPS, so in
NT 1110 comp. strategies & logic
Unit 4 Research Paper 1
Port Expander
Hardware Expander Types: * Ethernet Port Expander Hardware * FireWire Port Expander Hardware * DB-25 Port Expander Hardware * Serial Port Expander Hardware * USB Port Expander Hardware * VGA Port Expander Hardware * DVI Port Expander Hardware * SCSI Port Expander Hardware * Audio Port Expander Hardware * Video Port Expander Hardware * Microphone Port Expander Hardware * RS-422 Port Expander Hardware * Modbus Serial Port Hardware * SATA Port Expander Hardware * SAS Port Expander Hardware * SSD Port Expander Hardware
A port expander is a device that allows one port on a computer system to connect to multiple devices. There are two basic forms of port expanders: internal and external. An internal expander has a connection inside the computer, typically on the motherboard, and the only part the user sees is the expansion plate containing multiple ports. An external device plugs into the existing port and then has multiple places to connect. When not part of a computer system, these devices are commonly known as splitters.
There are no specific types of ports for different computers now days. All the computers from PC to Mac have all the same ports on them. I went to a computer support chat at Eugene Computer Geeks www.eugenecomputergeeks.com and spoke with Cameron fhead geek) and he told me "Well...now day's PC's and MAC's have the same ports. Firewire used to be super popular with MAC's, but a lot of PC's had it as well. Firewire is pretty much phased out now days though." The advantages of using port expanders are that you get more ports more ports to use. SAS expander takes one port and makes many out of them. So say you have one 6gbps, and you expand it so you can connect 8 devices. The total throughput on all 8 ports is only 6gbps, or about 80MBPS. Even in regular hard drives can do 80MBPS, so in