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Given that SAS is a point-to-point topology, expansion to more than 4 or 8 devices is enabled via port expander technology, which acts like an I/O switch fabric. One or more expanders can be placed in the data path to “expand” device access up to over 16,000 devices. The Adaptec RAID 4000 supports up to 24 drives.
