Cat6a
Cat6a (Category 6 Augmented) is the copper Ethernet class built for 10GBASE-T to 100 m, with roughly 500 to 550 MHz bandwidth and tighter alien-crosstalk control than Cat6.
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10GbE
10GbE is 10 gigabit Ethernet: a wired link that moves about 10 Gbps over copper RJ45 (10GBASE-T), SFP+ fiber, or short DAC twinax, far above gigabit and most 2.5GbE desk runs.
DRAM-less
A DRAM-less SSD skips onboard DRAM cache and leans on Host Memory Buffer (HMB) or firmware tricks, which is fine for light use until sustained writes fill the SLC cache and stutter.
SATA
SATA (Serial ATA) is the everyday interface that connects 2.5/3.5-inch HDDs and SATA SSDs to PCs, NAS bays, and USB docks at up to 6 Gbps.
Hot-swap
Hot-swap means you can remove or insert a drive while the chassis stays powered, handy for swapping failed disks, staging archives, and expanding a DAS without a full reboot.
Best HDMI Capture Cards in 2026 (Cam Link vs Cheap UVC vs PCIe)
Cam Link-class UVC sticks, cheap Amazon HDMI dongles, dual-input USB boxes, and one internal PCIe card, with honest 4K60, latency, and HDCP caveats.
Samsung T9 vs SanDisk Extreme PRO USB4: Which Pocket SSD in 2026?
USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 daily driver versus rugged USB4 2TB: which pocket SSD fits your ports and budget.
Client-Side vs Server-Side Rendering Explained
CSR builds the page in the browser from a shell and JS. SSR builds the first HTML on the server. Here is when each (and the hybrids) actually win.
JBOD
JBOD (“just a bunch of disks”) means each drive shows up as its own volume (no hardware RAID striping or parity), so the host OS or software decides how (or whether) to combine them.