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What Intel needs to do is use the pre-existing motherboard form factors like Micro-ATX and Mini-ITX. Why can't they just design a board in the Mini-ITX form factor for a single-socket Xeon 3400-series processor with ECC RAM and dual-GBe ports with the standard fare of USB, serial, and onboard VGA to round it out? Integrators can use a number of Mini-ITX cases on the market that support multiple 3.5" or 2.5" hard drives. For the small form factor market, the don't need to have extremely high-end drive options like SAS. I'd say 4-5 SATA ports would suffice. Integrators could use enterprise-class SATA drives to save on cost over the more expensive SAS.
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