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P4C800-E Deluxe and S-ATA RAID... Intel RAID or Promise RAID ???



 
 
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Old October 29th 03, 12:32 AM
Fraizer
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Default P4C800-E Deluxe and S-ATA RAID... Intel RAID or Promise RAID ???

hello

I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe board and 2 Maxtor diamondMaw Plus 9 120Gb
S-ATA Hard Drives... (8mb cache)

"i want to do a RAID 0"

I have 2 solutions:

-1- S-ATA RAID withe Promise 378 Contoller (in my P4C800-E Deluxe)

or

-2- S-ATA RAID withe Intel RAID...

Please help me to choose to Have the Best performences and security in S-ATA
"RAID 0" Mode...

- What the "+" and the "-" of the ""Promise 378 S-ATA Raid"" Controller and
the ""Intel RAID"" Controller ?????

- What your choise ??

Please Answer me :-)


THX a lot for your help


PS: if the best solution its the Intel RAID Controller what i put when i
Create the RAID 0 in Intel Bios Raid setup ? the Stripe Size ? = 16KB or 64
KB or 128KB ?? i have 2*120 GB (8 mo cache)...

PS2: Thx again for your help




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Old October 29th 03, 12:35 AM
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please dont miss to explain me why i choose this controller and not the
other

thx again


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Old October 29th 03, 01:23 AM
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Use the Intel Controller, as it bypasses the PCI bus and frees it up for
other tasks (as does the CSA Gigabit LAN controller.)

As for stripe size, you have to make that choice for either controller.
Many benchmarks seem to like a low number like 16KB, however real-world
tests show that something in the area of 128KB is ideal, especially if
you're moving large files.

DanO

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hello

I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe board and 2 Maxtor diamondMaw Plus 9 120Gb
S-ATA Hard Drives... (8mb cache)

"i want to do a RAID 0"

I have 2 solutions:

-1- S-ATA RAID withe Promise 378 Contoller (in my P4C800-E Deluxe)

or

-2- S-ATA RAID withe Intel RAID...

Please help me to choose to Have the Best performences and security in

S-ATA
"RAID 0" Mode...

- What the "+" and the "-" of the ""Promise 378 S-ATA Raid"" Controller

and
the ""Intel RAID"" Controller ?????

- What your choise ??

Please Answer me :-)


THX a lot for your help


PS: if the best solution its the Intel RAID Controller what i put when i
Create the RAID 0 in Intel Bios Raid setup ? the Stripe Size ? = 16KB or

64
KB or 128KB ?? i have 2*120 GB (8 mo cache)...

PS2: Thx again for your help






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Old October 29th 03, 02:50 PM
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Agreed entirely

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"Fraizer" wrote in message
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hello

I have a Asus P4C800-E Deluxe board and 2 Maxtor diamondMaw Plus 9 120Gb
S-ATA Hard Drives... (8mb cache)

"i want to do a RAID 0"

I have 2 solutions:

-1- S-ATA RAID withe Promise 378 Contoller (in my P4C800-E Deluxe)

or

-2- S-ATA RAID withe Intel RAID...

Please help me to choose to Have the Best performences and security in

S-ATA
"RAID 0" Mode...

- What the "+" and the "-" of the ""Promise 378 S-ATA Raid"" Controller

and
the ""Intel RAID"" Controller ?????

- What your choise ??

Please Answer me :-)


THX a lot for your help


PS: if the best solution its the Intel RAID Controller what i put when i
Create the RAID 0 in Intel Bios Raid setup ? the Stripe Size ? = 16KB or

64
KB or 128KB ?? i have 2*120 GB (8 mo cache)...

PS2: Thx again for your help






 




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