Yepp - the LSI ist a sequential-monster, but a 4k-baby
Arecaīs with IOP341/348 does a better 4k-job
FEAR you have no idea what you are talking about apparently. i have a areca 1680-ix setting right here, and i can prove that it has #1 a iop 348 processor and #2 that it is nowhere NEAR as fast as lsi in 4k reads. i can begin to post screenies if you desire. that is a ludicrous statement.

@one hertz....it is amazing to me how much of an expert you are at both of these controllers, considering you don't own or have in your possession or have even tested EITHER. just because you have FEAR coming behind you repeating the same thing you say does not make it a fact. do either of you have the aforementioned controllers? have you even used them? what makes you the experts then?
yoiu arrogance and insistence that your single x-25 is faster than my array, or any array, is ridiculous. are you now going to tell us how your single ssd is better than napalms setup as well???
it only shows how your apparently trying to bend reality into supporting the fact that you personally have the end all storage solution. dude get over it.

single x25-m (250Mb/s seq read) is faster at loading l4d than the zdrive (~700mb/s seq read)
the fact that you keep comparing the z-drive to the lsi only shows continued ignorance, can you not read???/ that drive has a 3gb/s controller, with an iop that is massively underpowered. do you understand the difference in speed between these two iops
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if you guys would stop and look over that review a little bit and actually read what it says you would realize that this is an overpriced solution. it is fast but not THAT fast. you say that they did not run the right tests? is it that, or is it just that it is not that good? you and the little cheering section can go buy one, then we can run these same tests over again,. and argue over it all for the foreseeable future it will be great fun.