-- Connect up-to 16 drives -- Detected without issue in FreeNAS 9.10
-Recognized directly with Truenas -Well packaged in a plastic case to protect the card in shipping.
It worked with no fuss: shut down ubuntu, popped in the card, hooked up a drive, powered up and there it was in the drives app.
LSI product, LSI reputation, LSI tech support. Next gen speed - 12Gb/s with 8x PCIe 3.0 interface. Extreme SSD testing shows crazy fast numbers which ultimately bottleneck at the backplanes - good luck hitting this ceiling in real world applications! Support for Server 2012. Great expandability potential with one internal and one external mini-SAS HD connector. Support for over 1000 Sata/SAS devices! Really? Yes, though I am thinking i will be hard pressed to require more than 24! Recomended
Easy to use GUI to configure Virtual Drives and Drive Spans. Onboard memory makes performance and caching features trustable and quick. LSI always makes great RAID controllers if you go for real hardware RAID. Great low profile size fits easily into any computer case.