On 6/22/05, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> <thebs413 at earthlink.net> wrote: > ??? Why "dumb" SATA channels ??? > > Why not a 3Ware Escalade 8506-4+ or a LSI Logic MegaRAID 300-8X? Out of curiosity..... why a 3ware 8506-4 and not a 3ware 9500 4 port card? JC