Setting up Raid 0 on p5w dh deluxe

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Hello there I'm after a bit of guidance if possible

I am trying to setting up Raid 0 on said motherboard, on the intel ich7r chipset side of it.

Just a quick question to start off with, when I create the array in the Intel Matrix Storage Manager ROM (pressing ctrl+I on post) it gives me the options to set up the array.

I can grasp all of the options bar capacity. It says the maximum capacity for this raid 0 array is 596.2 GB which has confused me. I am using two seagate 320gig drives so surely the maximum should be around about the 320 mark.

Should I just lower the capacity to the size a single drive then will it stripe fully accross both drives?

Thanks for your help
Kris
 
RAID0 (striping) spreads data across both disks so you get the combined capacity of the two (~600Gb in this case). RAID1 (mirroring) puts the same data on both disks so you only see the capacity of one.

RAID0 gives speed with no redundancy, RAID1 gives redundancy but no speed benefit.
 
ah ha, that makes sense. D'oh silly me.

Now has anyone managed to install a raid array on said motherboard without a floppy drive?

I managed to get the drivers to install in the f6 jobby with a usb key, but then when I create partition and format, it has picked up the usb key as drive and assigned it a letter. So when it prompts be for the "Intel Matrix Drivers" again from a drive there is nothing there.

Very Frustrating

Thanks for the quick reply =)
Kris
 
The XP setup will only accept a floppy for extra drivers. If you don't have one the only way round it is to use nLite to create a custom install CD with the drivers already on the CD. It's fairly easy to use and can integrate a load of other stuff in there too (SP2, fixpacks, even the CD Key).
 
I use a sp2 xp disc anyway.

I remember making a slipstreamed xp disc ages ago and found it very time consuming. I'm thinking it may just be easier to nip down the road and get a new floppy drive :rolleyes:
 
I am having a play now, me being lazy and cba to go get a floppy has won out. Plus a disc with drivers will help again next time me thinks.

Thanks very much for your help
 
Another very simple question, so if the raid drivers are slipstreamed into installation, I wont have to use the f6 prompt at all during install?
 
Well looks like all has worked! Thanks for your help !

Just wish I had asked yesterday instead of friggin about for hours and getting nowhere.


Thanks again
Kris
 
blik said:
Well looks like all has worked! Thanks for your help !

Just wish I had asked yesterday instead of friggin about for hours and getting nowhere.


Thanks again
Kris
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Step 1, plug the 2 drives into the orange ports ;) instant raid 1 (default).. change jumper setting just above the southbridge, instant raid 0 :)

It's a feature of the board that allows easy raid without having to set it up in the bios or have to use a floppy in setup. Mine works great and I love the easy setup :D
 
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I did try that originally but I thought I had done it wrong when it kept giving me the combined volume of the drives. For some reason I had it stuck in my head that you only got the volume of one drive in raid0.

I have it working on the intel chipset now and works a treat :)
 
You could try going to the DH feature page and setting change mode enabled if you ever want to use the orange ports for raid 0 :)


I wonder which way is faster :confused:
 
Graeme43 said:
Step 1, plug the 2 drives into the orange ports ;) instant raid 1 (default).. change jumper setting just above the southbridge, instant raid 0 :)

It's a feature of the board that allows easy raid without having to set it up in the bios or have to use a floppy in setup. Mine works great and I love the easy setup :D
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Howevevr the EZRaid slots degrade the performacne by effectively "splitting" 1 channel into 2. This defeats the purpose of Raid 0 which is to improve disk performance.

For this reason EZRaid is a sensible option for Raid 1 but not a great idea for Raid 0

Ralph
 
Oh well :) Doesn't that only matter if the drives could handle more than the standard sata speeds 150 or 300mb/s? I get 100mb/s (I was hoping for faster, but I think the drives are just 50mb/s eac) from a WD320JD and a Maxtor DM10 300GB making me have 600GB of space from drives that weren't being used :D
 
Obviously it makes sense for you as you mention. Unfortunately a lot of People (particularly the enthusiasts on this board) are looking to raid 0 a couple of Raptors for performance when this issue would bite.

Cheers

Ralph
 
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