I can understand MiniSAS 8088 card features two external

Just like a four-lane highway offers the fastest vehicle traffic flow, mini-SAS offers more “lanes” for data to travel at higher speeds. This interface offers the convenience of a one-cable connection but provides four separate channels so each drive can deliver its maximum data transfer rate. Now, with a MiniSAS 8088 controller card, one or more mini-SAS equipped external storage enclosures like the OWC Mercury Rack Pro can be utilized for greater speed, protection, or both; compared to single-channel, multi-drive eSATA RAID or eSATA Port Multiplier solutions.Tripp Lite's S524-01M External SAS cable features SFF-8088 to MiniSAS 8088 connectors with heavy- duty metal backshells. This 4-channel Infiniband cable is constructed with high-performance cable, which features individually shielded parallel pairs, double EMI/RFI shielding, and 6.0 Gigabytes per second performance. Compliant with the Federal Trade Agreements Act (TAA) for GSA Schedule purchases. http://www.fiberyes.com/external-sff-8088-to-sff-8088http://www.fiberyes.com/external-sff-8088-to-sff-8088 There was the suggestion that the cost of Thunderbolt cables was in-line with other high-speed cables such as external MiniSAS 8088 (Serial Attached SCSI) and Infiniband, both of which have been available for years now. Now, I can understand the high cost of these cables, which are used by specialty, high-performance applications. But Thunderbolt?Sep 22, 2011 - I have a Vertex 3 and my OWC SSD is in the mail to me today and I'd like to have a solution MiniSAS 8088 for making full use of their speed.