To connect this card to the MD1000 chassis as a JBOD with software raid, do I need to flash it to anything special or does it do what I need without doing anything special, other than just making sure it is using up to date firmware?
Yes, sure I will let you know if I happen to need anythingI didn't run any real tests. I would get bursts when writing to the disks of up to 112 MB/s, but that was network limited. Never tried anything else.
If you end up wanting some additional MD1000 units or parts let me know. I havent put them up anywhere since shipping those heavy things is a pain.