4x 16GB STT MasterDrive PX SSD @ ARC1231/ASR5805/HRR3520/ICH10R

[NapalmV5]

Thats a good point. I thought you could have more than 1 Raid on the ARC-1231ML.

Nice benches NapalmV5

I have a question though;

I've been using the Areca 1231ML for months now with just 2 Mtron 32GB SSDs on it, and its been fine as an OS disk since.
However I've recentry purchased a pair of velociraptors thinking I can put them onto the Areca, and use them as seconday drives.

Having now installed it and configured the Areca so that the raptors are in RAID0, I cannot find the array in windows, only the origional Mtron SSD array? Can the Areca only be configured to show one array in windows?

I'm thinking of buying the Adaptec 5805 so I can have all 4 drives sharing a hardware RAID controller, with 2 separate RAID0 arrays... is that possible on the 5805? Or it could be done on the Areca just that I suck at configuring it to show?

thanks..

you gotta create the partition thru disk management.. have you tried that yet?

multi arrays is not an issue on areca controllers.. performance is and that goes for any controller

ive created and tested (real world apps/progs not benchmarks) multi array on areca controllers.. performance aint great

optimal multi array: one controller for each array

but since 1231 is an 800mhz iop maybe it handles multi arrays better but youre not gonna get full potential/performance out of any of the array