POST POSITIONS: THE PCI STORAGE REVOLUTION

June 1, 2009, 01:47 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=639...

PCI attachment (based on the PCIe architecture) provides maximum bandwidth at minimum cost per storage unit by eliminating the secondary bus bridges required for all other connection methods. Since the host server already has a PCI (peripheral connection interconnect) bridge included to provide communications between the frontside (system) bus and its attached CPU(s), connecting storage systems directly to that creates the closest, widest-bandwidth interface possible — giving way to wide...