[NTLUG:Discuss] More intelligent PCIe x4/x8 storage controllers ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

Well, it appears the Intel IOP33x has be going into more products now.
Unfortunately, with the exception of the Promise (sub-$400), none of
them are under $500.  But the Promise clearly notable for its PCIe x4
design, which is not-so-uncommon on new nForce4 Ultra/SLI mainboards.

  http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-intelligent-pcie-storage.html  

Still, a sub-$300 design is sorely needed, possibly a sub-$150 2-channel
design like the $125 3Ware Escalade 8006-2 for 64-bit PCI/PCI-X.  So
far, everything under $150 has been "FRAID" (fake RAID, 100% software
driver, limited Linux compatibility).

Also, I revised my previous comments and added a new blog entry on
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) here:  

  http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/08/serial-storage-is-future.html  


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