RAID 0 using more than 2 drives on ASUS Rampage II Extreme Mobo

Spacedog

hi,

Regarding the built in Intel RAID controller on the ASUS Rampage II Extreme motherboard. what support is offered for striping RAID 0, how many drives are supported in this mode,

I downloaded the manual and it mentions to only 2 drives in R0 in the brief description. has anyone got this motherboard who knows the maximum number of drives that can be connected to it using RAID 0

The pictures of the board show 2 colours or grouped SATA ports, I presume 1 group for the controller and one for standard sata controller. is this correct?

Leman_Russ

Why use Raid0? The Performance gains are minimal. You're better off just getting a SSD

Spacedog

I want to get 4/6 SSDs and RAID them, but not if my cheap mobo controller is crippled to only support arrays of 2 drives for RAID 0 as has happened in the past.

uberpixie

Spacedog wrote: »

I want to get 4/6 SSDs and RAID them, but not if my cheap mobo controller is crippled to only support arrays of 2 drives for RAID 0 as has happened in the past.

If you really want to raid that number of drives: then you are getting a proper dedicated Raid controller.

Why would you want to use a low end POS software based built in raid controller on your mobo that leaches from your CPU?

PogMoThoin

Raiding ssd's doesn't give much benefit, they're already v fast. Just get one

Leman_Russ

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Raiding ssd's doesn't give much benefit, they're already v fast. Just get one

Raid 0 SSD have much better small file performance IIRC, but the newer SSDs all have pretty beefy caches now for them so it is not much of an issue.

Spacedog

yeah, anyone have this motherboard with an answer to my question?

RAID 0, ASUS Rampage II Extreme, how many drives?

Spacedog

the answer was six.

BaconZombie

OP,

For the love of Cthulhu if your data is important to you DO NOT USE RAID 0......

uberpixie

Spacedog wrote: »

the answer was six.

So x6 SSDs then?

how many/what are you getting?

Leman_Russ

uberpixie wrote: »

So x6 SSDs then?

how many/what are you getting?

I really really hope the OP doesn't RAID0 6 SSD.

Such a waste, though I would laugh if one died in a week :pac:

Griffin87

Spacedog wrote: »

I want to get 4/6 SSDs and RAID them, but not if my cheap mobo controller is crippled to only support arrays of 2 drives for RAID 0 as has happened in the past.

your going to have to spend a stupid amount of money for a setup like that.

I read article some where on raid ssds before and if i remember correctly
you will not get much much of a performance gain if you raid more than 2 ssds

so you could hook 2 ssds up to your motherboard and in built controllor would be able to handle that fine

Spacedog

yes you're right, I'll get 2 coursair P64s and Raid em up, a dedicated controller means eating up PCI express lanes I'd rather keep for future proofing graphics and USB3.