Use Mobo Raid or my PCI Sil3114 Raid Card

bigstevex

bigstevex

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As the title really, i'm using 2 X 74GB raptors for my o/s games etc, i have a silicon image 3114 pci raid card (4 port sata) and I have an asus striker on pre-order, so should i just use the motherboard raid? I will have 3 other hdds attached. 2 X 400gb and 1 200GB in jbod. I intend to add another 2 400gb drives though very soon (jbod again) hence there won't be enough ports on the board. So which option should i choose?

1, put the raptors on the pci card (max pci-mobo speed is 266MB/sec might i add) and leave all the storage drives on the mobo.

2, put the raptors and 1 storage drive on the mobo and leave the others on the pci card in jbod mode.

I suppose either way will work, but any suggestions?
 
To be honest not a huge amount, mainly the ability to lift it from one machine to another without losing the array. If the card and board are PCI-X (yet to be confirmed) then there isn't a bandwidth issue to worry about so there's no reason not to use the card really.
 
I'm not too sure if its pci-express to be honest

The specs are as follows, it also has an image showing the controller and a motherboard with an arrow between them saying PCI BUS 266MB/sec




General


Hot Spare and On-line Mirror Rebuilding.

System GUI Monitoring Utility

Displays/sLogs/Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Information

Manages RAID Set Functions (configures and rebuilds, etc.)

SiI 3114
SATALink 4-Port PCI Host Controller
SiI 3114 is a single-chip PCI to 4-port Serial ATA (SATA) host controller. The chip is ideal for applications such as servers, workstations and storage systems featuring peripherals with this new storage interface standard. Based on a 32-bit/66 MHz PCI interface, the SiI 3114 provides support for four independent Serial ATA devices and may be incorporated into motherboard or PCI add-in card designs.

Applications: Embedded Applications, Host Bus Adapters, PC Add-in Cards, PC Motherboards, RAID Subsystems, Server Motherboards

SiI 3114 Serial ATA
 
This is a tricky one. The SI 3114 is a chipset which can either be integrated onto a motherboard or mounted on a card. Now the chipset can cope with running on a 66MHz PCI bus IF it's on a card which can run at that speed AND that card is mounted in a 66MHz PCI slot.

What board are you using?
 
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