Hmm, from Tom's random file I/O tests, I don't find the card to be bad at all (either LSI card).
Do you realize 0.1ms results in >10000 IOps? And, Tom's charts show more than that.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/A/N/219...r_database.png
Now I don't see why you say the access time is correct rather

Quote Originally Posted by One_Hertz View Post
I don't see why people say this card is great... Sure the max sequential speeds are high, but the small file speeds aren't that good at all. The access times are also awful like from an Adaptec. What is so great? The areca 1231 is better but even on it the small file speeds and the access times are still not on par with ICH.