ICH5R on Abit IS7

[Scott]

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Question,

I am not running my drives in RAID configuration, but is there any
advantages of setting the ICH5R to use the RAID controller over running the
non-RAID controller on the SATA drives?


TIA,

Scott

 

[TomG]

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yes, the Intel ICH5R controller, in raid mode, bypasses the PCI bus for data
transfer. even if you don't use the raid capability and only have one drive
on the controller, it is still a better approach...

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"Scott" <scrosler@cableone.net> wrote in message
news:10916cpbh22cq55@corp.supernews.com...
> Question,
>
> I am not running my drives in RAID configuration, but is there any
> advantages of setting the ICH5R to use the RAID controller over running
the
> non-RAID controller on the SATA drives?
>
>
> TIA,
>
> Scott
>
>

 

[Scott]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?)

Thanks, thats what I wanted to know!
"TomG" <tgeery-NOSPAM-@cox.net> wrote in message
newsD6kc.3571$pJ1.2381@lakeread02...
> yes, the Intel ICH5R controller, in raid mode, bypasses the PCI bus for
data
> transfer. even if you don't use the raid capability and only have one
drive
> on the controller, it is still a better approach...
>
> --
>
> Thomas Geery
> Network+ certified
>
> ftp://geerynet.d2g.com
> ftp://68.98.180.8 Abit Mirror <----- Cable modem IP
> This IP is dynamic so it *could* change!...
> over 130,000 FTP users served!
> ^^^^^^^
>
>
>
>
> "Scott" <scrosler@cableone.net> wrote in message
> news:10916cpbh22cq55@corp.supernews.com...
> > Question,
> >
> > I am not running my drives in RAID configuration, but is there any
> > advantages of setting the ICH5R to use the RAID controller over running
> the
> > non-RAID controller on the SATA drives?
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
>
>