"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... Broadcom BCM8603 soon. It's an 8-channel SAS (8m, > 300MBps Serial Attached SCSI, also naturally capable of 1m, > 300MBps SATA-IO**) hardware RAID controller that can > arbitrate _directly_ to either PCI-X or PCIe x8 (and can > even bridge between the two for more embedded solutions) > and up to 768MB of DRAM. Didn't finish a thought there ... **NOTE: SATA-II != SATA-IO = 3GHz (300MBps) SATA-IO is now the _official_ name for 3GHz/300MBps (and, eventually, 600MBps) Serial ATA (SATA). It requires the use of a twisted pair cable and other signaling. SATA-II has become a "marketing name" that does _not_ guarantee 300MBps, and might only be 150MBps. So consider SATA-II much like USB 2.0 -- you have to actually have a SATA-IO capable SATA-II controller to get 3GHz (300MBps), much like you have to have an EHCI capable USB 2.0 controller to get 480Mbps (60MBps). -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith@xxxxxxxx | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers) -- amd64-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/amd64-list