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Post #233,979 by broomberg 11/14/05 6:30:26 AM Reply	Even older SATA is faster than FC for sequential FC kills SATA on multi-user acesss random IO. A 3ware raid card and a bunch of SATA disks will allow you to write at around 380MB per second (IIRC, I posted those numbers about a year ago). Site search should show them but I gotta run
Post #234,044 by tuberculosis 11/14/05 12:51:18 PM 8/21/07 5:54:44 AM Reply	But is it pci-express? that seems to be the issue, there are no mac compatible pci-express multiport sata raid cards on the market just yet. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:54:44 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #234,046 by tonytib 11/14/05 1:01:03 PM Reply	Areca is PCI-E x8, but no Mac support [link\|http://www.areca.com.tw/products/html/pciE-sata.htm\|http://www.areca.com...tml/pciE-sata.htm] [link\|http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20051031/index.html\|http://www.tomshardw...051031/index.html]
Post #234,097 by tuberculosis 11/14/05 4:03:55 PM 8/21/07 5:55:52 AM Reply	Yep, heard of that one - they could sew up the mac market if they'd hurry up and add support. All the pros are gonna want that. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 05:55:52 AM EDT Expand All History

The brotherly beret - (rcareaga) - (10) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:35:07 AM EST

I see where you got your speech pattern from. -NT - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 13, 2005, 09:52:29 PM EST

hmmm, he writes very lawyerly.... - (cforde) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2005, 12:45:26 AM EST

Right you are - (rcareaga) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:32:11 AM EST

Wait until MacWorld, at least. - (pwhysall) - (6) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:28:35 AM EST

Re: Wait until MacWorld, at least. - (rcareaga) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:33:09 AM EST

Might as well for a bit - no high capacity/bandwidth storage - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:53:31 AM EDT

Even older SATA is faster than FC for sequential - (broomberg) - (3) - Nov. 14, 2005, 06:30:26 AM EST

But is it pci-express? - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:54:44 AM EDT

Areca is PCI-E x8, but no Mac support - (tonytib) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2005, 01:01:03 PM EST

Yep, heard of that one - they could sew up the mac market - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 05:55:52 AM EDT

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