leam wrote: > 2. There seems to be different levels of board; for example the 100MHz > small system and the high-end boards that can handle up to 16 drives. > Can you address recommendations on *both* ends of the spectrum? Are > there eother product catagories? intel i960(100Mhz) is the low end, and new intel Xscale 600-733-800 is the high end. More info about chips: http://www.intel.com/design/iio/ All recent SCSI boards can handle at least 16 disks. > 3. Please support statements of opinion with evidence of fact. "You are > wrong." is an opinion. "3ware boards did not have a fast chipset until > the 7xxx series." is a more factual statement. "I run 3ware boards with > 16 disks in a production environment" is a statement of fact. What > conclusions we draw from that are opinions. :) Today SATA is cheaper, and SCSI is faster and more secure.
