Raid0 and TRIM Support on Intel 11.5 OROM and Latest v11.5.0.1184 RST Drivers ?

[B Gates]

I guess i could raid a performance pro and a vertex 4 together I dont have any other non-sandforce drives right now. I can tell you that it will work. I will do it in a couple days.

[chispy]

VOILA - Proven beyond the reasonable doubt it is , I'm so glad I started this tread to prove it , and Darn it proven it is , and makes me so happy that a lot of people including myself did a lot of testing and Bios moding to prove this , Thank you guys for all the input ( Fernando , Andres Sergio , Computurd , BTester, and myself ) testing , Bios moding , help , etc ... It was an uphill battle we ran to prove it. Im happy , now let's share this information with everyone !


I like the conclusion on that article :


Conclusion:

RAID 0 TRIM has indeed arrived. It won’t be long before we start seeing board manufacturers serving up 11.5.0.1582 or higher OROMs with their BIOS’s. When they do you can be confident that whether you are running Windows 7 or 8 along with the correct chipset/s and IRST driver your RAID 0 array will have functioning TRIM. Intel has delivered on their promise to give us what we’ve all been waiting for RAID 0 TRIM. As of today there is NOTHING a single drive can do that a RAID 0 Array cannot do better. This day has been a long time coming and brings with it forth coming satisfaction for thousands of INTEL RAID 0 users. Awesome job INTEL, simply awesome!

[B Gates]

VOILA - Proven beyond the reasonable doubt it is , I'm so glad I satrted this tread to prove it , and Darn it proven it is , and makes me so happy that a lot of people including myself did a lot of testing and Bios moding to prove this , Thank you guys for all the input ( Fernando , Andres Sergio , Computurd , BTester, and myself ) testing , Bios moding , help , etc ... It was an uphill battle we ran to prove it. Im happy , now let's share this information with everyone !


I like the conclusion on that article :


Conclusion:

RAID 0 TRIM has indeed arrived. It won’t be long before we start seeing board manufacturers serving up 11.5.0.1582 or higher OROMs with their BIOS’s. When they do you can be confident that whether you are running Windows 7 or 8 along with the correct chipset/s and IRST driver your RAID 0 array will have functioning TRIM. Intel has delivered on their promise to give us what we’ve all been waiting for RAID 0 TRIM. As of today there is NOTHING a single drive can do that a RAID 0 Array cannot do better. This day has been a long time coming and brings with it forth coming satisfaction for thousands of INTEL RAID 0 users. Awesome job INTEL, simply awesome!

We decided to test this specifically because of this particular thread. You are exactly right thanks to your guys hard work that article was possible so thank you and Fernando , Andres Sergio , Computurd , BTester and also to stasio for providing the BIOS. Spread the gospel guys!

[Zaxx]

@Jon...

I believe we have also proven that a Z77 board is probably not a requirement as well.

It's awesome news ofc...but I gotta reserve my elation until it's 100% verified working with the Z68 chipset...and I know you have one of those handy.
Now get back to work! Actually atm I'm only running 2 x V2s in raid...have one lent to a friend (SSD virgin) and the wifey has the other one...looks like it's repo time!

[andressergio]

VOILA - Proven beyond the reasonable doubt it is , I'm so glad I started this tread to prove it , and Darn it proven it is , and makes me so happy that a lot of people including myself did a lot of testing and Bios moding to prove this , Thank you guys for all the input ( Fernando , Andres Sergio , Computurd , BTester, and myself ) testing , Bios moding , help , etc ... It was an uphill battle we ran to prove it. Im happy , now let's share this information with everyone !


I like the conclusion on that article :


Conclusion:

RAID 0 TRIM has indeed arrived. It won’t be long before we start seeing board manufacturers serving up 11.5.0.1582 or higher OROMs with their BIOS’s. When they do you can be confident that whether you are running Windows 7 or 8 along with the correct chipset/s and IRST driver your RAID 0 array will have functioning TRIM. Intel has delivered on their promise to give us what we’ve all been waiting for RAID 0 TRIM. As of today there is NOTHING a single drive can do that a RAID 0 Array cannot do better. This day has been a long time coming and brings with it forth coming satisfaction for thousands of INTEL RAID 0 users. Awesome job INTEL, simply awesome!

GREAT !!! i like the conclusion very much

only thing i have to quote is why i have better performance using OROM 11.5.0.1414 than latest...

[canthearu]

Will have to test my P55 board!

[Dazog]

Tested on my Asrock Z68 Pro 3 with modded bios 2.10, latest OROM posted here and current drivers.

Confirmed Trim works.

Windows 7 X64 SP1 with 2x Crucial M4 128's in Raid 0

[Zaxx]

Tested on my Asrock Z68 Pro 3 with modded bios 2.10, latest OROM posted here and current drivers.

Confirmed Trim works.

Windows 7 X64 SP1 with 2x Crucial M4 128's in Raid 0

YESSS!!! That's music to my ears...sweet music.

/me goes on the hunt for modded 3402 Asus P8Z68 Pro Gen3 bios. With this news I'm sure Asus (and all the others) will eventually update their bios but like most of us I'm too damn impatient to wait on them.

btw...Does anyone know if it works with the P67 chipset as well?

[Fernando]

Tested on my Asrock Z68 Pro 3 with modded bios 2.10, latest OROM posted here and current drivers.
Confirmed Trim works.
Windows 7 X64 SP1 with 2x Crucial M4 128's in Raid 0

Who confirmed, that TRIM works within your RAID0? If you confirmed it yourself, how did you test it?

[the_real_7]

Has anyone tried this with the asus mive p67 board ? and would it work with that older modle of board guys

[B Gates]

I'm going to test Z68 in a couple days just got the bios I needed

[bluestang]

I'll be updating the BIOS on my P67-UD4-B3 with a modded BIOS from here also in a few days/tise weekend with Win 7 and see how it goes.

Thanks for all your hard work guys!

[Fernando]

Has anyone tried this with the asus mive p67 board ? and would it work with that older modle of board guys

yep you have to update BIOS with new RAID ROM mate as i told you and install latest RST drivers from intel

I really doubt, that Intel chipsets of the 6-series will get benefit of the "Trim in RAID0" feature with the currently available Intel RST drivers and Intel RAID ROMs.

[B Gates]

I really doubt, that Intel chipsets of the 6-series will get benefit of the "Trim in RAID0" feature with the currently available Intel RST drivers and Intel RAID ROMs.

have you tested any 6 series chipsets?

[Fernando]

have you tested any 6 series chipsets?

Yes. TRIM definitively didn't work with my Z68 system using the same drivers/ROM environment as with my Z77 system (where it works).

[B Gates]

Yes. TRIM definitively didn't work with my Z68 system using the same drivers/ROM environment as with my Z77 system (where it works).

Thanks for the info! Any idea why it doesn't work for 6 series?

[Dazog]

Who confirmed, that TRIM works within your RAID0? If you confirmed it yourself, how did you test it?

Everything in that article posted worked for me on my Z68 board. Anvil will now do a TRIM on my raid and I can see each drive while in Raid and I ran a AS SSD Benchmark run after I let TRIM do its thing and my scores went up where they should be at.

[B Gates]

Everything in that article posted worked for me on my Z68 board. Anvil will now do a TRIM on my raid and I can see each drive while in Raid and I ran a AS SSD Benchmark run after I let TRIM do its thing and my scores went up where they should be at.

can you fill test with vantage? It does sound like its working for you. I'm going to test my z68 soon

[B Gates]

I believe its all in the driver and orom so I dont see why it wouldnt work with z68

[Dazog]

can you fill test with vantage? It does sound like its working for you. I'm going to test my z68 soon

Ok, I can also post the bios I modded at anyones own risk to try if they have a Asrock Z68 Pro 3.

[Fernando]

Anvil will now do a TRIM on my raid

How is he doing a TRIM on your RAID? Either TRIM works or not. Anvil may help you to create a system where TRIM has the best chances to pass through your RAID Controller to the SSD RAID members, but the TRIM command itself cannot be influenced.

[m.oreilly]

i got CDI passthrough on my x79...

[andressergio]

I really doubt, that Intel chipsets of the 6-series will get benefit of the "Trim in RAID0" feature with the currently available Intel RST drivers and Intel RAID ROMs.

I'm Sorry Fernando i forgot that u tried and didnt work and was only Z77

[B Gates]

Looks like I was mistaken with some of my assumptions like CDI. I just got some clarification directly from INTEL and they say its supposed to only work on 7 series or higher chipsets. But I'm still going to test it anyway.

[m.oreilly]

yeah, i was told that certain drivers will allow passthrough to individual raid members, but that doesn't mean the trim command is executed. i love my x79...darn...