sdXY - SCSI-based disks (SATA disks also show up as SCSI)
hdXY - IDE-based disks
X: the letter refers to the disk on the system.
Y: the number refers to the partition number on the drive.
For example:
/dev/sda
/dev/sda1
/dev/sda2
/dev/sdb
/dev/sdb1