Pros: 2x more ports than 9211-8i, slightly less than 2x power draw of 9211-8i.

Cons: Same PCI-E 2.0 x8 as 9211-8i, but this should not be a significant bottleneck unless using expanders. Does not come with latest firmware.

Overall Review: Ordered April 2018. Card has build date November 2016 (sticker on box). LSISAS2116 chip. It came with Firmware version 20.00.02.00, ChipRevision 0x02, Bios 07.39.00.00. The latest (last?) firmware is 20.00.07.00, release date 11-FEB-16. The firmware package includes DOS program sas2flsh.exe, but I got the "Failed to initialize PAL. Exiting program" error. It worked using sas2flash.efi by having BIOS boot to EFI. Since newegg denies reviews with URLs and LSI/Avago/Broadcom keeps moving the files around and this card doesn't even have a web page for it on their site, you have to use the search function on the Broadcom website to find the download files for this card. 1. Latest firmware BIOS package Use search terms "9201 P20" on Broadcom website search box. [zip] 9201-16i_Package_P20_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows Date: 04/04/2016 2. search for "sas2flash.efi". Click on "Flashing firmware and BIOS on LSI SAS HBAs" Look for "SAS2Flash for 92xx SAS 2 Host Bus Adapters": shell_s2flash.zip Flash tool for SAS 2 products Version 20.00.00.00