Previous builds required up to 6 days to complete the process using ... each of the 45 drives benefits from a dedicated 6Gb/s SATA port and direct cable connection via Mini-SAS to SATA cables.

2 M-Key connectors for solid state storage, and support for up to 6 SATA 3 hard drives or SSDs. While the USB port selection is rather underwhelming, it’s worth keeping in mind that this board ...