On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 10:29:11AM -0400, Joe Landman wrote:

+1 to Mikael

We have a number of these.  They are pretty much useless.  We *do
not recommend them for any purpose whatsoever*.  We got them to
test, and they were and are wastes of money.

Again, this is why making sure that the bona fides of those making
recommendations don't begin and end with a google search ...

quoted

Buy a 1068E (3081E) based card, they've been working fine for a long time.

+1 on that.  We like the 3081E, and the 9211-8i for these purposes.
Both work quite well.

Again, ignore these cards, they will absorb your money and your time.

Someone pointed me to ARECA non-raid controllers: 

http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasnoneraid3g.htm

Does anyone have good or bad experiences with these?

Thanks,