Hello all,
I have built recently built a new workstation for my motion graphic needs. Here are the specs:
Tyan S5396 | 2x Xeon E5430 Quad-Core | 16 Gig FB-DDR2 667 | GeForce 7950 GT KO | Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 | Antec TruePower 1KW | Vista Ultimate 64-bit
The main HD is a western digital SATA-II 500GB 7200rpm, and my data drives are 2 western digital SATA-II 500GB 7200rpm which are stripped in Vista (software raid 0). My ideal config is raid 0+1 not a software raid, unfortunately I didn't receive all my HDs at the same time and had to build and use the machine without having a raid 0+1 but just a mere software raid.
Now that my project is almost done and my 2 other HDs have came in the mail, I would like to rectify that. My motherboard has an integrated 6 SATA-II port controller (6321ESB ?) and a LSI 1068E 8 ports SAS/SATA controller.
Which controller would you suggest I use to setup my data drives for the raid 0+1, now that I have 4 identical WD 500GB SATA-II drives?
Does the controller have to specifically mention it supports Raid 0+1 to support it? for example the LSI controller supports "Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 in windows" What does "in windows" mean?
The case I'm using has a eSATA port, can I connect that directly to one of SATA port in the motherboard or eSATA is specific port?
I apologize for the newbish question, I've tried to look for answers on my own and what I found was too vague... I need definite answers if you would.
Thank you.
I have built recently built a new workstation for my motion graphic needs. Here are the specs:
Tyan S5396 | 2x Xeon E5430 Quad-Core | 16 Gig FB-DDR2 667 | GeForce 7950 GT KO | Coolermaster Cosmos 1000 | Antec TruePower 1KW | Vista Ultimate 64-bit
The main HD is a western digital SATA-II 500GB 7200rpm, and my data drives are 2 western digital SATA-II 500GB 7200rpm which are stripped in Vista (software raid 0). My ideal config is raid 0+1 not a software raid, unfortunately I didn't receive all my HDs at the same time and had to build and use the machine without having a raid 0+1 but just a mere software raid.
Now that my project is almost done and my 2 other HDs have came in the mail, I would like to rectify that. My motherboard has an integrated 6 SATA-II port controller (6321ESB ?) and a LSI 1068E 8 ports SAS/SATA controller.
Which controller would you suggest I use to setup my data drives for the raid 0+1, now that I have 4 identical WD 500GB SATA-II drives?
Does the controller have to specifically mention it supports Raid 0+1 to support it? for example the LSI controller supports "Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 in windows" What does "in windows" mean?
The case I'm using has a eSATA port, can I connect that directly to one of SATA port in the motherboard or eSATA is specific port?
I apologize for the newbish question, I've tried to look for answers on my own and what I found was too vague... I need definite answers if you would.
Thank you.