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If you're gonna modernize that setup, I'll have to say that a cheap SSD for buffering will negate any future issues. Cheap PCIe SSDs are almost here (the cheap PCIe Sandforce controller chip was just released... consumer-ready PCIe SSDs ought to be around in just a couple of years).
Its possible to max out the 6GBps channel (ie: 480MB/s) with say... a $90 120GB Vertex-3. (http://www.amazon.com/OCZ-Vertex-2-5-Inch-Performance-VTX3-2...).
The M.2 SSDs and PCIe SSDs are faster of course, which is why Consumer PCIe SSDs are getting pushed out by LSI and others. There isn't much point to faster SSDs when you're limited by the 6Gbps SATA port.
For example: $300 for the 240GB Plextor M6e, with read speeds measured at ~667 MB/s: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820249...
So SSDs are actually both cheaper, and more performant than a 15k SAS buffering drive!