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proof   10-16-2006 at 10:09:48 PM

Is the on-board RAID on the new ASUS P5W64 hardware RAID or software RAID?

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BustedSony   10-16-2006 at 11:00:23 PM
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Is the on-board RAID on the new ASUS P5W64 hardware RAID or software RAID?



Quote "The Areca ARC-1210 is a full "hardware RAID" solution based on Intel's IOP332 Storage Processor. This processor comes with an integrated PCI-X to PCI Express bridge so it can be utilized in either PCI-X bus (64-bit, 66/133MHz) or serial PCI Express designs like the Areca ARC-1210 SATA RAID controller we are using in the benchmarks we'll show you next. "

See the full write up at
http://www.hothardware.com/viewart [...] =869&cid=3

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UC7   10-16-2006 at 11:04:50 PM
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I saw the topic of your post and thought that maybe everyone was getting together to go and try to steal computer parts from some geeky sorority.

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proof   10-16-2006 at 11:13:51 PM
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So the onboard RAID, the sockets directly on the motherboard are hardware RAID?

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Slobogob   10-16-2006 at 11:32:50 PM
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So the onboard RAID, the sockets directly on the motherboard are hardware RAID?



You´ve sockets that aren´t directly on the motherboard? 8O


Damn freak!

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crimsonfilms   10-16-2006 at 11:33:29 PM
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Is the on-board RAID on the new ASUS P5W64 hardware RAID or software RAID?



Quote "The Areca ARC-1210 is a full "hardware RAID" solution based on Intel's IOP332 Storage Processor. This processor comes with an integrated PCI-X to PCI Express bridge so it can be utilized in either PCI-X bus (64-bit, 66/133MHz) or serial PCI Express designs like the Areca ARC-1210 SATA RAID controller we are using in the benchmarks we'll show you next. "

See the full write up at
http://www.hothardware.com/viewart [...] =869&cid=3

You misread the article. The Areca card is a third party card they are using to test the onboard RAID controller (one is Intel the other is MArvell).

Bottom line is, the onboard RAID is hardware based but unlike 3rd party solutions, they are not as efficient nor have the RAM buffer like the Areca card does.

Its better than using the Windows XP RAID feature.

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UC7   10-16-2006 at 11:40:08 PM
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Your board has this:

Intel ICH7R controller supports:
- 4 x SATA 3.0Gb/s (RAID 0,1,10,5)
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100
Marvell 88SE6145 supports:
- 3 x SATA 3.0Gb/s (RAID 0,1,10)
- 1 x eSATA 3.0Gb/s


Make sure you look to the manual to tell you which specific SATA slots you are supposed to use if setting up the RAID. ASUS usually specifies them by markers on the board also.

I prefer the Marvell because I use the external SATA drive for backing up.

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proof   10-17-2006 at 12:00:29 AM
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What is the fastest possible Raptor RAID 0 setup (4 HDDs) that I can do on this board?

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UC7   10-17-2006 at 12:53:41 AM
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If you want the flat out speed, you can see in the HotHardware review that the Intel controller on the motherboard can be blown away by the use of the Areca card in the 8x PCI-Express slot.

Here is the graph page.

HotHardware Link

For 4 internal HDs, the basic hardware option was to use the motherboard Intel controller. If you want the superspeed, go for the Areca card that they recommend.

Maybe consider RAID 5 for some redundancy?

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BustedSony   10-17-2006 at 04:43:50 AM
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See the full write up at
http://www.hothardware.com/viewart [...] =869&cid=3

You misread the article. The Areca card is a third party card they are using to test the onboard RAID controller (one is Intel the other is MArvell).

Bottom line is, the onboard RAID is hardware based but unlike 3rd party solutions, they are not as efficient nor have the RAM buffer like the Areca card does.

Its better than using the Windows XP RAID feature.



You're right, sorry about that :oops: So this board has identical onboard Raid facilities to the P5W DH. However the multiple PCI-E X16 slots means a very good plugin solution may be used....

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