TRIM for raid is here ...(For Intel chipsets ;-) )

[Musho]

eh, i think i'll get a 2nd x25-m anyway. if only because 80gb is kinda low, even for an OS drive

Hehe, enjoy! Was definitely a nice improvement for me going with a raid0 array.

[zanzabar]

FreeSpaceCleaner seems to destroy performance on Intel SSDs. Just use your SSDs normally, and stop worrying about degradation so much. I've yet to see any degradation on my array after a few weeks of intensive use. It might come later, but Intel is working on a driver with Trim, so we'll be able to clean our arrays soon enough

u have to check the FF box, it will destroy performance since the empty sata is FF not 00 like on a mechanical so by filling the drive with 00 u just made it 10x worse since it will have to erase then write

[Governator]

I got a statement from Intel...

“Intel® RST 9.6 supports TRIM in AHCI and pass through modes for RAID. A bug has been submitted to change the string that indicates TRIM is supported on RAID volumes (0,1,5,10). Intel is continuing to investigate the ability of providing TRIM support for all RAID volumes in a future release”

Correct, as it only allows for pass through in AHCI mode or "RAID ready" not in pairs of SSD drives in RAID. More can be found here:

http://www.techreport.com/discussions.x/18653

Let's hope soon as I was excited about the prospects too after buying one Intel 160G SSD last week. For me one will be plenty fast enough and I'll appropriate the extra funds for a vid card upgrade instead.

[Musho]

u have to check the FF box, it will destroy performance since the empty sata is FF not 00 like on a mechanical so by filling the drive with 00 u just made it 10x worse since it will have to erase then write

I know about checking the FF box, but as far as I know that only improves performance on OCZ SSDs. I've heard this kills performance, even with FF checked, on Intel SSDs, so I decided never to try it out myself

[alebleicker]

Guys just a question, I have a P5Q-PRO with ICH10R, I'm not sure if the ICH10 and ICH10R are the same, but this means my chipset is included on the support for trim on raid 0?

Thanks for your help!

[Nickel020]

There is no TRIM support for RAID'ed drives. You only get TRIM support for SSDs that are not in the RAID but other drives are in a RAID. Before these drivers, as soon as you set up a RAID on normal HDDs but kept an SSD as a non-RAID drive you'd lose TRIM; this is what this driver fixes.