Re:Interesting that the 3ware offerings performed. (Score 2, Insightful)

Gotta agree on the 8506's being flaky. I could not get them to work reliably with 3 different mobo's (one was a supermicro, very nice server board), after calls to supermicro, 3ware, and much hair pulling, I purchased the Highpoint listed in the article, and have been very happy with it, especially considering the price delta for the 8506-8's... So I currently use the HPT, and have 2 8506's sitting in boxes that I'll never use because of all the trouble they caused. Maybe time to head out to the 'ol gun club...