
- Ease of setup - Speed / functionality

very reliable.



Works LSI Logic controllers just work better than anything else on the market. Perform great, and work reliably.


Great Raid card that's extremely Quick (would be perfect for lots of SSD's) Easy to Setup



Relatively easy installation, I am able to run this card either from my UEFI/BIOS or GUI on the desktop, though I need to remember the command to do it for the latter.

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


Host Bus Adapter card shipped in IT mode with firmware 20.00.02.00 All I had to do was update the firmware to 20.00.07.00 to use with FreeNAS version 11 The newer chipset runs on PCIe 3.0 which is supported on my X11SSM-F motherboard. Worth paying more for the genuine product, no chance of getting a knockoff card. ;-)

I have used a number of the MegaRAID controllers mostly with SATA drives but some SAS. They work well. I've tried them with a number of motherboards and have had no compatibility issues. Systems have been running Windows 7 Pro and Windows Server 2008 R2. Motherboards from ASRock, ASUS, MSI.

Fast. Copying from my old computer to this one across gigabit ethernet uses well over half the available bandwith. The write speed is just so much better than the on board Intel raid. For another 250, you can add another 15 or 20 drives if you have that need, search for "intel raid expander." And did I say fast. Good tech support.


- on my windows 11 nas setup, it literally was just plug and play. All drives were immediately recognized

Fast, SATA 6 speeds.


One word: ZFS