well i could not make this card work, took it into the store (w computer) & they said i now need to drop drivers onto it via floppy as there is "nuthing" on the card to start with??? and no a jump drive wount do it, but floppy drives are cheep... so hardware that needs more than an update, it needs original software installed (via floppy) insttead of the cd it comes with.... had his card 4 months ad now just sitts... nuthin
- small form factor, should work with most mini-itx builds when used with a low profile pci riser
- 4x SATA @ 300, not just 150 like most other cards at this price point
- decent 30Mb/sec transfer (based on zfs vraid5 freenas on gigabit lan)
- native freenas driver support
Weaknesses:
- none directly related to the card at this point.
Summary:
still working through some random reboot issues during heavy smb use in freenas, but for a home mini-itx build, this card definitely does the trick!