What is the SCSI RAID channels?

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Published on 2010-04-27T12:49:44Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 12:54 UTC
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What is the SCSI RAID channels? I.e. what is the difference between, say, 1-channel RAID controller and 2-channel RAID controller?

Is it for data throughput, number of RAID arrays I can create on controller, number of disks I can plug into controller or what else?

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