i-RAM in RAID 0

[dssconsumer]

i want to run 2 4GB I-RAM in RAID 0. i bought the 1X pci-e SIBA with silicone image 3132 and the thing works great with 150 mb/s transfer rate (sandra). now this is bottle neck. i bought the 8X areca 1210 pci-e. the two 74 gb raptors that i have are great with it. but when i connect the i-RAM's the card sees them but it can't create raid volume because the S.M.A.R.T. feature is kikin in (explaned by the areca team) and the card refuses to create the array. is there any card on this world (pci-e) that can make this combination possible. the fastest storage devices in RAID 0 with an 8X PCI-E RAID controller. or does anybody know a forum that this matter can be discussed?
thanks

[OmegaMerc]

Can't you just disable SMART?

[dssconsumer]

no. the controller is server class and does check for smart even if it is disabled

[OmegaMerc]

Sounds like a hardware limitation (maybe on purpose?) of the i-ram itself. Wait for the I-ram 2?

[Order]

Can you try the RAID on your MB?

[dssconsumer]

yes i tryed it. the raid on my motherboard is software raid and cannot be configured because of incompatibility. (nvidia raid)

[nn_step]

a Rosewill RC-207, should work perfect for those two drives.. but it as far from a GOOD Raid card.. better than onboard but not GOOD

[mr_knowitall15]

wow that coule make for some retarded fast PCMark05 if it works...

[guess2098]

i had 4 raid0 iram but ...... futuremark doesn't apporve that
they removed all iram score! sux!

[dssconsumer]

what do you guys think about the PROMISE SuperTrak EX8350 RTL PCI-Express x 4. does anybody run this card. does anybody run this card with i-RAM...

[[XC] hipno650]

dose anyone know i ram2 specs. i heard like mabye external sata 3gbs, ddr2 and 16gb. are these correct?

[Vapor]

No. IIRC, Gigabyte hasn't even said that i-Ram 2 will even make it to prototype phase.

[adamwinn]

i'm personally waiting for the ddrdrive from ddrdrive.com

no sata interface to bother with, but the first version is only pcie 1x ;(

[elec999]

I have seen alot of people having trouble doing raid0 with Iram. But dont you think the speed of a single Iram is fast enough, and its access time. Why not run the two irams seperately no raid0.
Thanks

[ex2cib]

I have seen alot of people having trouble doing raid0 with Iram. But dont you think the speed of a single Iram is fast enough, and its access time. Why not run the two irams seperately no raid0.
Thanks


nothing is ever fast enough:slap:

[nn_step]

I have seen alot of people having trouble doing raid0 with Iram. But dont you think the speed of a single Iram is fast enough, and its access time. Why not run the two irams seperately no raid0.
Thanks
:slapass: NOTHING WELL EVER BE FAST ENOUGH :slapass:
this is XtremeSystems not fast enough systems :fact:

[dinos22]

:slapass: NOTHING WELL EVER BE FAST ENOUGH :slapass:
this is XtremeSystems not fast enough systems :fact:
you tell him dude :lol:

[dinos22]

i'm personally waiting for the ddrdrive from ddrdrive.com

no sata interface to bother with, but the first version is only pcie 1x ;(
first time i heard of that one

should be good with PCI-E connectors :D

hopefully they make it cheaper as well

http://ddrdrive.com/DDRdriveX1_Prototype.jpg

[nn_step]

actually with the PCIe 1x bandwidth of 500MB/s.. it will actually have a faster connection than the SATA 200MB/s connection

[dinos22]

they should have used DDR2 RAM as it is cheaper than DDR1....and DDR2 will be available in higher capacities......4GB sticks anyone *droolz

only thing they didn't do unfortunately :(

[nn_step]

Actually I am hoping the upcoming one supports Registered/ECC DDR2 because then I have some wonderful 2GB sticks(that I have little use for right now) that would do rather nicely on as a hard drive :D

[adamwinn]

There's a ram-drive device out now that usees ECC i just can't remember the name :(