Owing to its exposed location on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, Nevada City receives moderate to heavy rainfall for California at 59 inches (1.5 m), though its climate is otherwise fairly typical for the state, being classified as Mediterranean (Csa/Csb).
An mSATA drive is a solid state drive that has a very small form factor. It looks like a large integrated circuit, it's basically an SSD without the 2.5 housing. It originally was a relatively small size, typically 16 GB or 32 GB, and was used to cache the hard drive.
Definition of:SATA. (S erial ATA) The standard hardware interface for connecting hard drives, solid state drives (SSDs) and CD/DVD drives to the computer. Introduced in 2001, nearly all computers use SATA drives.eSATA and Powered eSATA. SATA drives are internal and cabled directly to the motherboard, while eSATA ports on the back of the computer accept external SATA drives. The powered version means the drive power comes from the port rather than the wall outlet.hese ports connect external SATA drives. The hybrid port supports both powered eSATA (eSATAp) and USB devices, and drives can be plugged in and out with the computer on (hot swappable). For more details, see eSATA USB Hybrid Port.