well i will have to disagree with that quite vehemently, the statement that
1. the lsi is akin to a z-drive...not even close. and 2. that the i/o extreme outclasses the lsi.

first two are the i/o extreme, one is solo, the other in raid:


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NOW my setup with LSI 9260-8i:




and the thing is those are with vertex, there is not a drive out there yet that can push the lsi to its full specification. there is still much upward performance to be gained from this card, given the right drives. remember it tops out at 2.8 gb/s read. I dont think it is possible to say unequivocally that the i/o extreme outclasses it given the fact that 6gb/s ssd's havent even came to fruition yet.