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RAID 0 using more than 2 drives on ASUS Rampage II Extreme Mobo

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  • 28-11-2009 4:15pm
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    Spacedog
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    hi,

    Regarding the built in Intel RAID controller on the ASUS Rampage II Extreme motherboard. what support is offered for striping RAID 0, how many drives are supported in this mode,

    I downloaded the manual and it mentions to only 2 drives in R0 in the brief description. has anyone got this motherboard who knows the maximum number of drives that can be connected to it using RAID 0

    The pictures of the board show 2 colours or grouped SATA ports, I presume 1 group for the controller and one for standard sata controller. is this correct?


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    Leman_Russ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭Leman_Russ


    Why use Raid0? The Performance gains are minimal. You're better off just getting a SSD :D


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    Spacedog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Spacedog


    I want to get 4/6 SSDs and RAID them, but not if my cheap mobo controller is crippled to only support arrays of 2 drives for RAID 0 as has happened in the past.


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    uberpixie
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    Spacedog wrote: »
    I want to get 4/6 SSDs and RAID them, but not if my cheap mobo controller is crippled to only support arrays of 2 drives for RAID 0 as has happened in the past.

    If you really want to raid that number of drives: then you are getting a proper dedicated Raid controller.

    Why would you want to use a low end POS software based built in raid controller on your mobo that leaches from your CPU?


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    PogMoThoin
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    Raiding ssd's doesn't give much benefit, they're already v fast. Just get one


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    Leman_Russ
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    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Raiding ssd's doesn't give much benefit, they're already v fast. Just get one

    Raid 0 SSD have much better small file performance IIRC, but the newer SSDs all have pretty beefy caches now for them so it is not much of an issue.


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    Spacedog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Spacedog


    yeah, anyone have this motherboard with an answer to my question?

    RAID 0, ASUS Rampage II Extreme, how many drives?


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    Spacedog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Spacedog


    the answer was six.


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    BaconZombie
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    OP,

    For the love of Cthulhu if your data is important to you DO NOT USE RAID 0......


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    uberpixie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,864 ✭✭✭uberpixie


    Spacedog wrote: »
    the answer was six.

    So x6 SSDs then?

    how many/what are you getting?


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    Leman_Russ
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    uberpixie wrote: »
    So x6 SSDs then?

    how many/what are you getting?

    I really really hope the OP doesn't RAID0 6 SSD.

    Such a waste, though I would laugh if one died in a week :pac:


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    Griffin87
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    Spacedog wrote: »
    I want to get 4/6 SSDs and RAID them, but not if my cheap mobo controller is crippled to only support arrays of 2 drives for RAID 0 as has happened in the past.


    your going to have to spend a stupid amount of money for a setup like that.

    I read article some where on raid ssds before and if i remember correctly
    you will not get much much of a performance gain if you raid more than 2 ssds

    so you could hook 2 ssds up to your motherboard and in built controllor would be able to handle that fine


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    Spacedog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,775 ✭✭✭Spacedog


    yes you're right, I'll get 2 coursair P64s and Raid em up, a dedicated controller means eating up PCI express lanes I'd rather keep for future proofing graphics and USB3.


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