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    The NAS Uptime Thread

    Here in Kansas, tornadoes and thunderstorms/power outages ruin any chance for uptime records :)
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    hIOmon Disk I/O Ranger

    there is some detailed threads at xtremesystems about its software and its use.
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    Microsoft is retiring the TechNet Subscription service ...

    Gonna renew my subscription and ride out my last year. This really sucks!
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    WD Buys STEC! SSD Moves

    Well the big fish are looking for smaller guys (cheap) with controller technology and I think that up next is OCZ.
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    WD Buys STEC! SSD Moves

    It is all about sTEC's IP and patent portfolio. This is a great strategic buy. Also will cut the umbilical cord from Intel for HGST.
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    LSI 9300-8e 12gbps SAS starting to show

    Well, as i said above, those who need SAS know it. Multi-path, failover, wideport, longer cabling, end to end data integrity. Also, something for you to research. What is the maximum QD for SATA? Is SATA as scalable as SAS? Full duplex? What is the difference between SATA and the much more...
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    LSI 9300-8e 12gbps SAS starting to show

    The people who need SAS already know they need SAS. It has specific features for those who need them.
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    LSI 9300-8e 12gbps SAS starting to show

    SAS is much more expensive, and sucks more power, to make it a viable solution for consumer applications. This basically creates a tiered structure where customers pay for the amount of 'service' that they require. Intel is putting SAS onboard motherboards, but that is an extremely limited...
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    LSI 9300-8e 12gbps SAS starting to show

    Much better with SATA Express! SAS originally debuted in aircraft. The interface is designed for active/active and allows for uber reliability with failover/etc. SAS has features that scream 'mission-critical'.
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    First NGFF SSD in the wild

    One of the guys at Computex got his hands on an M.2 NGFF, I thought you guys would like to see it. :) ADATA M.2 SSDs Performance Preview and the NGFF Story
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    New - LSI 9267-8i

    You could watercool it :) Far left is Areca. there are also aftermarket copper heatsinks like the one on the other end of the card, those drop temps tremendously.
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    New - LSI 9267-8i

    Looks to be the mezzanine version of the 9271-8i.
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    Toshiba PX02SM Series 12Gb/s Enterprise SSD Review

    That will be sexy as hell :) They are plenty fast!
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    9265-8i review up

    hey guys here is the review for the 9265-8i with 8x c300 in raid 0! http://thessdreview.com/our-reviews/lsi-megaraid-sassata-9265-8i-6gbs-pcie-raid-controller-card-review/
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    LSI releases MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i w/1GB DDR3 Cache, based on LSISAS2208 Dual Core RoC

    the 2600k is pretty powerful, but it still cant hang with the x58 chipset. the chipset and triple channel seem to allow for the better results. the 1366 is still king of bench rigs...for now of course..but not by much LOL
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    LSI releases MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i w/1GB DDR3 Cache, based on LSISAS2208 Dual Core RoC

    lol when i recieve a 6 core processor :) which i wont. i refuse to spend a grand just to set a record! i do have the four core WR so that is fine for me :) about to smash that here sometime this week.... i agree! i have seen some on the enterprise end, but they are pretty expensive. i do...
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    LSI releases MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i w/1GB DDR3 Cache, based on LSISAS2208 Dual Core RoC

    well the second gen of 6gb/s cards has arrived in the form of the 9265-8i, finally a raid card that can handle a full complement of ssd's! dual core ROC with ddr3 ram for cache, wow looks to be a record setter :)...