> > http://www.3ware.com/products/storswitch.asp
> > states that :"The connectivity fabric for SCSI 
> > is based on a shared-bus model. A shared bus is 
> > inherently a blocking I/O architecture. Only one 
> > device can be on the bus at any point in time. 
> > All other devices must wait. ..."
> > 
> > So how does this differ from ATA where only
> > one drive can be transferring data at one time
> > as well?
> 
> That paragraph was from the 3Ware marketing department, silly.
> You're supposed to detach your brain before reading it.

Errr... are you saying that it is a complete lie? If not
and SCSI is indeed a shared bus model, how is it able to
aggregate bandwidth from multiple devices where ATA
cannot?


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