I made a mistake in my post. I meant to say FC HBA or SAS HBA. I went with a SAS one which I use with a HBA, but the FC ones were cheaper (both FC LTO drives as well as FC HBAs) but would've still required a FC switch). I already got some fiber through my house though, so it'd have worked well. But I went with SAS which was considerably more expensive. 40 dB ain't fun, indeed. I put my LTO drive in the fuse box.