I don't think is a simple $1295 vs. $370 comparison. Based on the claimed improvement, I don't need to buy another or a couple of new servers for the same result, which is more savings. Can you do the same with any generic SSD drives? I'm very interested in getting one to test it out.

To charge $1295 for $370 drive - Adaptec may go .... [very far away]. Granted, MaxIQ software has some value (in some cases) - but price is so ridiculous as to make it totally not worth it.

Why do we need to spend a ton of money adding read-caching to the RAID controller when the OS should already be doing this in main memory?

What we need is intelligent distribution of read requests across multiple drives, so as to reduce the cost of disk contention. I think the Linux sw raid driver already does this?

why are SSDs such a gyp?

they are doomed to fail as they are not a necessity and they are tiny capacity for a massive price.

lots of firms are investing in development but until the price is realistic, people wont buy into the idea.

its like trading beads with indians