
- Ease of setup - Speed / functionality

-- Connect up-to 16 drives -- Detected without issue in FreeNAS 9.10



*12Gb SAS -- Insanely fast (was able to read ~7300 MB/s from a large SSD stripe V-Dev) *LSI so you know it runs flawlessly out of the box on Linux *It's not a RAID card, just a pure host bus adapter that doesn't get in the way *Absolutely perfect HBA for a ZFSonLinux box (probably works well on *BSD too) *Supports 24 direct connections to drives or passive/direct backplane, or up to 1024 drives through expanders


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




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.

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



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.

standard card, no drivers needed for OS

I thought that I had received the wrong drive. Acutally I had the wrong cable. And I should have known better. Once I got the correct cable, the boards work.

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


What a Great SATA III card. Slip it into a PCIe slot, attach the SATAIII drive and you are off and running. I had a question, would the card run without driver installed. I had a yes answer from tech support in a matter of a few hours. GREAT SUPPORT. My old system is running at least twice as fast as it was running. I'm ordering another for my other computer.