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

Spacedog · 28-11-2009 04:15PM #1

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 · 28-11-2009 05:33PM

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

Spacedog · 28-11-2009 05:40PM

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 · 28-11-2009 06:17PM

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 · 28-11-2009 06:28PM

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

Leman_Russ · 28-11-2009 06:34PM

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 · 28-11-2009 08:41PM

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

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

Spacedog · 09-12-2009 11:35PM

the answer was six.

BaconZombie · 09-12-2009 11:55PM

OP,

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

uberpixie · 10-12-2009 12:03AM

Spacedog wrote: »

the answer was six.

So x6 SSDs then?

how many/what are you getting?

Leman_Russ · 10-12-2009 01:10AM

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 · 10-12-2009 10:54AM

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 · 10-12-2009 09:42PM

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.

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

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