Can SATA be used to connect computers?

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Published on 2014-06-03T07:25:38Z Indexed on 2014/06/05 3:29 UTC
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Can SATA be used to connect two computers together, just like a crossover Ethernet cable would do ?

I know SATA has no "networking" features and even though a controller may have multiple ports, the drives don't "see" each other, and that in SATA one device acts as the host (the computer) and the other device is some kind of "client" (the storage drive).

But still, did anyone attempt to make a kernel module that would make one computer appear as a "client" (so that the host's SATA controller detects it as a standard hard drive) and then set up like a pseudo-Ethernet link or a very high speed serial link (and then run pppd on it and do networking) ?

Note : I know this is an unprofessional and totally stupid idea, I'm just asking out of curiosity.

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