
Works out-of-the-box with various Linux distros using 4.x kernel (currently Debian Stable) Works well with mdadm Simple settings Works well/reliably/as advertised

-Cheap -Compatible with TrueNAS -Fast Transfering over single 10Gb from Windows -> TrueNAS RAID10 -> RAIDZ @ [~700-980 MB/s]

- Works out of the box on FreeBSD 11 - No issues with 4Kn drives



Takes 2 inputs, and allows 20 internal plus 8 external connections. Does appear to reduce bandwidth at all.




- Works seamlessly on reasonably recent Linux kernels - Cheaper (at retail) than previous gen 9300-16e - Uses less power than previous gen 16-channel cards. Previous generations used two chips, one per 8 channels; this latest gen card has a single chip. - Half-height (half-height bracket included in the box), unlike many previous non-OEM 16-channel cards, allowing better airflow in a desktop or workstation chassis where full-height cards interfere more with airflow.

Works like I need it to at this time. The jumpers are set to esata, need to change them if you use the sata. I bought it for the esata ports.


Super fast file transfer Recognized all of my 24 WD 12TB HDDs upon drivers install without any issues. Comes in IT mode firmware preinstalled so great right out of the box. Extremely well constructed.


well performing





Worked directly out of the box with my Asus P8H67-M EVO motherboard. Worked properly with Windows 7 pro 64 bit and Ubuntu 12.04LTS. No driver installation required. Just sat up and played. I have run speed testing under Ubuntu since it has a utility to do so and the speeds are comparable to the working port on my motherboard. (One SATA III port is not functioning.) Sometimes the testing flip flops, but again, the speed vs. the motherboard port is fine. In cached reads I get over 12 Gbyte/s on both the add-in card and the motherboard. Buffered reads ~189Mbytes/s. It was plug and play and both operating systems were happy as the bios handled it correctly.