a) iSCSI doesn't automatically mean SATA - virtually all iSCSI enclosures on the market will accept either SAS or SATA. SAS and SATA were designed that way. b) iSCSI *can* add a bunch of latency, but not necessarily. It depends on what's doing the iSCSI processing. Higher-end 1GbE and 10GbE cards do iSCSI processing in "silicon". On 2/19/2010 10:06 AM, Vincent Fox wrote: > You're the first person I've read using iSCSI though doesn't > that add a bunch of latency? And 7200 RPM SATA to boot. -- Phil Brutsche phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html