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[James Oakley <joakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Friday 03 September 2004 3:53 pm, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> While I generally accept that longer warrantees are generally associated
> with better quality ... generally. But it's far from a sure thing.

Absolutely. A while back my brother bought a WD drive that had a 1 year 
warranty. In the box was an order form for a 3 year warranty for $10. 


> For what it's worth, I've always insisted on the fastest SCSI interface
> and drives I can get at the time I put a system together. Right now I'm
> running a dual channel Ultra 160 controller (Adaptec 39160) and 10,000
> RPM drives. In the future, I may be willing to go the SATA route, though
> I would probably not be satisfied with only two SATA channels, as is
> still pretty common for on-board SATA support.

Check out these Epox boards which have 6 onboard SATA interfaces:

http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?id=EP-8KDA3plus
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?id=EP-8HDA3plus
http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?id=EP-8HDA5plus

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James Oakley
Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd.
joakley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.solutioninc.com

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