Can RAID and NCQ be used together?

[rwpritchett]

I have been running a RAID 0 set using SATA drives that support NCQ, but the controller did not. I have recently purchased a motherboard that has a controller that supports NCQ but I was wondering if the drives are able to use the NCQ when set up in a RAID 0 or do you need to run them as single drives? Here's my specs (parts only, haven't put it all together yet):

Asus P5B-Deluxe
2x 160GB 7200.7 SATA NCQ Seagate Barracudas
Intel E6300
2x 1GB Patriot DDR2-667
GeForce 7600GT
Enermax Liberty 500W
Cooler Master Centurion 534
NEC 3550A DVD-RW, Plextor PX-708A DVD-RW

 

[slicessoul]

Yes you can do RAID and NCQ. Your hardware must support NCQ though and software is multithreaded.

Comparison between Single disk and RAID on NCQ :http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=734&pageID=1210

Good Day.

 

[rwpritchett]

Thank you for the reply.

I read the article and it does compare non-NCQ, NCQ, and RAID 0, but I didn't see any mention of RAID 0 + NCQ. In the BIOS, the setting for SATA drives have IDE, RAID, or AHCI (NCQ). It appears that if you select RAID, you aren't getting AHCI.

Do you know of any other sources that might say whether or not RAID 0 and NCQ can be used together?

RP

 

[Hawkeye22]

Yes, there are plenty of raid controllers out there that support NCQ/TCQ. Your mobo's raid controller appearantly doesn't.