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More on SAS and RAID- The benchmarks on the market today show that a standard SCSI drive that runs 10k Rpm still has a better transfer rate than a SAS drive, but not by too much. Standard SCSI drives may soon be replaced by SAS drives which use less energy and may soon have the same or better transfer rates. Easily viewable is the fact that the SAS drive has a better data access time than SATA which beats out a standard 7200 rpm IDE drive. While most users purchase what they can afford which is either a 7200 rpm SATA drive or IDE drive, some users would do well to consider SAS as its widespread use may well be on the horitzon. Already there are those who will invest into motherboards with on-board RAID purchase a second drive and stripe the OS accross both drives effectively reducing the access time by half. While this is the theory behind RAID the actual practice is sound. Be aware that adding more drives to a stripe does not necessarily mean the access times will be divided by the number of drives. There is a point at which performance will start to degrade with more drives. As we mentioned you will need a motherboard on-board SAS controller, or the purchase of a SAS card may be necessary. These cards typically range from $99 USD to upwards of $500 USD. Some research may be required to find the best one. Conclusion - The BR-28 is a great periperal to have for your next server or for that ultimate gaming system. The compact size and the low amount of power required to provide storage and speed is for the most part untouchable by any other technology on the market today. We will not forget the BR-28 which displayed the OS load and imaging as the fastest this reviewer wittnessed outside of high priced servers. The part that made us sit back and get a good laugh was loading EA's Battlefield 2142 from ISOs in record breaking speeds and then defragging the contrainer faster then our Editor In Chief could pour a drink. We highly recommend the BR-28 as Must Have Hardware if you have the budget and need for such extreme hardware.
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