4 HDD Raid 0 on DS3?

[bigval]

Can I run 4 SATA drives in RAID 0 together on the gigabyte 965 DS3?

[bigval]

Bump?

[Reinvented]

Does this really need to even be answered? Look at the specs of the board...

And I quote from Newegg:

Storage Devices
PATA 1 x ATA100 up to 2 Devices
SATA 3Gb/s 6
SATA RAID RAID 0/1
Additional RAID Controller GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip

[Sneaky]

Does this really need to even be answered? Look at the specs of the board...

And I quote from Newegg:

Storage Devices
PATA 1 x ATA100 up to 2 Devices
SATA 3Gb/s 6
SATA RAID RAID 0/1
Additional RAID Controller GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip

incase you like pictures:

[[XC] itznfb]

hey way to flame for no reason....
i couldn't find anywhere on newegg, or gigabytes site that explained how many channels are supported in a single array. now this may be common knowledge to some, it won't be for someone who isn't familiar with onboard raid chipsets.

both reinvented and sneaky pointed out there were 6 sata ports, but failed to make note you can't span an array across those 6 ports. yes you'll be able to strip an array accross 4 ports. and then the additional 2. so you would be able to have two raid array's, 1 that was 4xRAID0 and 1 that 2xRAID1 or RAID0.

[Pyr0]

actually, no, with the DS3 board you can only use 2 sata drives in raid 0 or 1 on the Gigabyte/JMicron ports (purple), the Intel ICH8 ports are SATA only

[[XC] itznfb]

actually, no, with the DS3 board you can only use 2 sata drives in raid 0 or 1 on the Gigabyte/JMicron ports (purple), the Intel ICH8 ports are SATA only

yea, the "purple" sata ports would be the ones i was referring to when i said you could have a 2xRAID1 or 2xRAID0. the "orange" ports are the ones where you could have your 4xRAID0 array.

[Pyr0]

no, i've got one (DS3), the orange ports cannot be configured to RAID mode

[[XC] itznfb]

then why are there two raid controllers?

[Pyr0]

there is only one RAID controller, the Gigabyte/JMicron one.
because the DS3 is a budget/value board, the ICH8 options have been limited slightly, no RAID options are present, no support for the Intel Matrix RAID

[[XC] itznfb]

ahh, i see that now. that sucks. i didn't realize the southbridge didn't have RAID capability.

ok, so then you can only have 2xRAID1 or 2xRAID0 on the purple ports. ...as Pyr0 said :p

[gr8golf]

Which fact really pissed me off when I went to install my new DS3 rig. I've liked using the Intel RAID controllers and am not happy that I have to use that JMicron for my RAID array. I wish I had known this before buying the board - I'd have done something else. That said - it is a pretty good board.

This does make the first few uninformed responses look pretty bad BTW. :slapass:

[bigval]

Thanks for answering my question guys.

Sneaky and Reinvented, Its pretty funny that you've proven yourselves to not only be a$$holes, but not know what you're talking about.

Does anyone know of a good and fast RAID card that will allow me to run 4 SATA RAID 0?

[[XC] itznfb]

Sneaky and Reinvented, Its pretty funny that you've proven yourselves to not only be a$$holes, but not know what you're talking about.

well, i wouldn't go that far... but their responses in this case were definatly incorrect, and inappropriate :slap:

[Axylone]

I also have the DS3: You can only use the Gigabyte ports for RAID. This is the first time I've used RAID, but these are the results I get w/ the JMicron controller and 2x 74GB ADFD raptors:
http://www.bruceleone.com/images/XS/HDTach2x74GBADFD082806.JPG
16kb stripe w/ 4kb cluster

[RangerXLT8]

Thanks for answering my question guys.

Sneaky and Reinvented, Its pretty funny that you've proven yourselves to not only be a$$holes, but not know what you're talking about.

Does anyone know of a good and fast RAID card that will allow me to run 4 SATA RAID 0?
Indeed only the purple connectors can run RAID. I have 2x80GB SATA II drives on the JMicron controller and tehy preform well.

There are a handfull of RAID cards that you can use. However, I do not recommend using a PCI RAID card. Must be PCI-E in order to not clog up the PCI bus.

I've used this card and it's decent.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=132242

[kiwi]

You can run 4 drives in raid but only using software raid :) Convert disks to dynamic and format partitions as raid. Linux as well

[[XC] itznfb]

eww, software raid.
better off spending the extra $150 on a hardware raid card.

[cadsii]

i am running software raid 0 with 4 X 320 and it runs good.. better than 2 X raid0 on the purple...