This is a great article. I was initially surprised that no one has commented on it, but I suppose most people just use the computer they are given and have no say in hardware. I think the discussions on hardware performance under SAS is an under-served topic, especially for client workstations (it's a typically a topic discussed when running servers).

I'd like to see more articles like this one. For example, some suggestions on using a single SSD v.s. RAID SSD v.s. RAID HDD.