LSI 9211-8i versus LSI 9260-8i versus Areca 1231ML-2G

[SteveRo]

yes but they r not bootable that is the reason why i dont have acards

I boot from acards 9010's all the time.
All of my pcmark vantage scores that I have posted in this thread - 1231ML, 9211, 9260 and ich10r have all been with the acards as the boot array.
Acards look like any other hard disk except usually much smaller.