Pros: Large storage capacity, decent speed.

Cons: Run a little hot.

Overall Review: I purchased 8 of these to put in a RAID 6 configuration. After reading the previous reviews I DBAN'd all 8 drives to insure quality with positive results on all, no fails. Doing this will ensure drive quality, but should not be done without patience. 26 hours per drive.

Pros: 4 gigabit ports, low profile.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Using this in a Server 2012 Hyper V setup. Had two nics onboard so was able to create 3 2Gb teams for virtual nic's with excellent preformance.

Pros: This processor can take quite a load and still run cool. Burn in on the build only took the proc temp into the 70's with the stock fan.

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: For an inexpensive but powerful server this is an excellent choice.

Pros: Put 4 of these in a new Ivy Bridge build. Excellent speed and works perfectly.

Cons: None so far

Pros: This card works well for an 8 bay hot swap case. Easy to configure and has hardware RAID. has large heatsink and does not get terribly hot.

Cons: The placement on the internal SAS connectors is a bit high for a 2U case. You have to bend the cables almost immediately and can cause some bunching when installing with multiple cards.

Overall Review: I have 8 3TB 7200 sata drives configured in RAID 6. Almost 500MB/s read and 250MB/s write over the network. This card was perfect for the server build. I would not recommend putting this card in a consumer grade build.