SATA SAS Controller Recommendations

When experimenting with ZFS, OpenIndiana, and OpenSolaris I was looking into RAID cards. From what I have been told it is sometimes best to get good raid cards cheap and used.

• http://zfsguru.com/forum/freebsdgeneral/21
  • LSI 1068E
  • SuperMicro USAS-L8i
  • Intel SASUC8i
  • LSI SAS2008

Ended Up Purchasing

• 2013: LSI 6Gb/s SAS PCIe2 x8 Host Bus Adapter HBA SAS9211-4i
• 3ware CBL-SFF8087OCF-05M 1 Unit of .5M Multi-lane Internal (SFF-8087) Serial ATA Breakout Cable