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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, Jason Bacon wrote:

> Well, I'm in a position to provide some comparison data with not-too-many
> variables,


Thanks much for sharing the results.

They seem close enough that someone who is price concious or on a limited
budget may want to consider the 3Ware.

However, what a test like that may not show well is the difference when
having multi-user access. I think on that case the SCSI disks may do
better.