Raid Card Support

The Truth about Raid

True gamers want to squeeze every last ounce of performance out of their beloved machines. CPUs and graphics cards can be upgraded, but hard drives, well they're kind of boring really. But your hard drive is one of the slowest parts of your PC, so surely there must be a way of getting it to go faster?

 

Even if you have the latest drive with oodles of cache and an ultra-fast SATA2 interface, you're still going to be sat there waiting in frustration as you see the inevitable game loading screen. Play as many games as we do and each second that a game takes to load is a wasted one. It's not long before those seconds become minutes, those minutes become hours, and before you know it, you've spent a whole month doing nothing but looking at a static screen.

 

So, what we want to know is, could setting up a RAID array banish those load times and make our games load faster? RAID is one of those mysterious technologies that everybody thinks they know about, but rarely, if ever uses. RAID has always been seen as the domain of big businesses, or too complicated for most of us to bother with. There's also the issue of what it does; are there really any advantages to using a RAID setup?

 

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks – proof that we'll sex up anything with an anacronym. Until the last year or so, the inexpensive part was debatable for home users, but in a business environment, where data integrity is key, it was a cheap way to keep servers running. The key to RAID is redundancy; if one drive fails, one or more other drives take over, until the failed drive can be replaced.

 

The idea of having multiple, identical drives, that didn't add to your total storage was abhorrent to most home users, but now that hard drives are so cheap, RAID is a realistic proposition.

 

There are three types of RAID system that you're going to be interested in: RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 5. The majority of motherboards will support RAID 0 and RAID 1, but they may not support RAID 5. Check your motherboard manual for details. RAID 0 is known as ‘striping', because of the way that data is written in alternate blocks to both drives. The net result of this method is that if you have two 500GBdrives, you'll continue to retain 1TB of storage. In fact, RAID 0, is not, RAID at all, because there is no built in redundancy: if one drive fails, you'll lose everything, because only half of the data will be stored on the surviving drive, and you won't be able to recover anything from the damaged drive.

 

However, RAID 0 has always been touted as the best solution for those looking to get the ultimate performance from their system. The theory is that by splitting the read/write load across two drives simultaneously, you end up with far better data throughput.

 

Your Certainly Won't Get Twice the Data Throughput From Using RAID 0

 

However, while much has been claimed, is this true? You certainly won't get twice the data throughput, but the theory says you should see a significant increase.

 

RAID 1 is true raid, and is also known as ‘mirroring'. In this setup, each drive is an identical copy of the other, so should one fail, you have a complete image that will carry on working. Replace the failed drive, and the RAID array can then be rebuilt, copying the data across onto the new drive. The purpose of a RAID 1 setup is data integrity, pure and simple.

 

So what does this mean when it comes to setting up your rig for the best performance at the best price? There's no point in going to a RAID setup unless you're using it for its original function – as a system for ensuring the safety of your precious data.

 

If you're simply after the best performance, a fast, ordinary, non-striped single drive is absolutely fine – and it will have a statistically lower chance of failure than a dual drive striped setup.

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Promise STEX8760T Controller Card SuperTrak 6Gb SASSATA RAID Retail $861.2 Promise Controller Card STEX8760T SuperTrak EX8760T 6Gb SAS/SATA RAID Retail. Read Check table to avoid data read errors. Multiple logical drive support enables combining different RAID levels on one set of disk. PerfectRAID technology for error handling and recovery of fatal media and disk errors. Support hot swap of failed drives and hot spares/Automatic/Manual rebuild of hot spare drive.

Intel AXXRSBBU4 Lithium Ion Raid Smart Battery $169.99 10 Hour 1050 mAh 3.35 oz 3.7 V DC 6 Hour 72 Hour Intel Raid Controller Models: Server RAID Controller SRCSASRB Server RAID Controller SRCSATAWB Server System S7000FC4UR with a SAS riser card AXXRSBBU4 Lithium Ion Raid Smart Battery supports RAID controllers that use a standard 256 MB or 512 MB DDR2 DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module). It is available as an accessory for selected RAID controllers and to support the ROMB (RAID-on-Motherboard) solutions AXXRSBBU4 AXXRSBBU4 Lithium Ion Raid Smart Battery Intel Intel Corporation Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) Proprietary Storage Controller Battery Yes www.intel.com

StarTech.com 4 Port PCI SATA RAID Controller Adapter Card $45.99 0 0+1 1 4 4 Port PCI SATA RAID Controller Adapter Card 4 x 7-pin SATA Female Serial ATA/150 - Serial ATA Internal 4 x Physical FIFO: 256 Bytes per channel Includes features like Serial ATA to PCI interrupt masking and Watch Dog Timer for fault resiliency Universal IO bracket easily fits any low profile or full-sized system Works as a non-RAID controller card when the system BIOS is not RAID configured Plug and Play Supported Operating System: Windows 98 Windows 98SE Windows Me Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows Server 2003 and up Make the jump to Serial ATA performance with a four-port RAID card from StarTech.com. You get four RAID-ready internal Serial ATA ports for your high performance Serial ATA hard drives. Whether you need Striping (RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1), or both (RAID 0+1), this card has you covered. The PCISATA4R1 also supports RAID 1+S (Mirrored-Sparing), which automatically replaces a failed hard drive and rebuilds the system if a booting hard drive fails.It also includes a low profile bracket for adapting to slimline or small form factor system applications. Plus, guaranteed performance backed by our lifetime warranty and FREE lifetime tech support makes this the perfect upgrade for power users. PC PCI PCISATA4R1 Plug-in Card SATA RAID Controller Serial ATA StarTech.com Up to 150 MBps www.startech.com

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SYBA PCI to SATA/ IDE PCRDSATACON7 Combo RAID Controller Card $18.09 Upgrade your system by expanding it with two extra internal Serial ATA (SATA) ports and one internal Parallel ATA port. This controller card is a great way to optimize your computer's performance.Supports two SATA and two PATA hard drivesOnly SATA supports RAIDSupports ATA 133 high performance hard disk drivesSupports hard disk drives larger than 137 GB (48-bits LBA)Supports Ultra DMA mode 6/5/4/3/2/1/0, DMA mode 2/1/0, and PIO mode 4/3/2/1/0Supports PCI plug-and-playSupports Windows 98 / ME / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XPPCI interrupt sharing and coexists with main board IDE controllerSupports IDE bus master operationSupports RAID 0 / 1 / 0+1 and JBOD4 KB to 64 KB striping block size supportBootable disk or disk array supportWindows-based RAID configure and management software toolSupports hot-swap failed disk drive in RAID 1 arrayMirroring automatic background rebuilds supportATA SMART function supportModel number: PCRDSATACON7Package includesPCI SATA / IDE combo controller cardSATA cableDriver CDUser manualWarning: California residents only, please note per Proposition 65 that this product may contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

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Promise FastTrak TX2300 2-Port SATA RAID Adapter $73.99 0 1 2 2 x 7-pin SATA Serial ATA/300 - Serial ATA 3 Year Limited 300 MBps The Promise FastTrak TX2300 2-port SATA RAID PCI adapter offers a low-cost solution for implementing a RAID 0 or RAID 1 storage system with up to two high-performance Serial ATA disk drives. Promise Technology is the leading provider of Serial ATA interface solutions, and with the FastTrak TX2300, users can benefit from Promise's experience in maximizing Serial ATA storage system performance. Phone/website support WebPAM (Web-based Promise Array Management) local and remote monitoring FASTTRAK TX2300 FastTrak FastTrak TX2300 2-port SATA RAID Adapter JBOD Low-profile Plug-in Card PC PCI Plug-in Card Promise Promise Technology SATA RAID Controller Serial ATA TX2300 Up to 2 x Physical www.promise.com

Stex8768 - Promise Supertrak Stex8768 8-Port Sas Raid Controller - Serial Attached Scsi (Sas), Serial Ata/600 - Pci Express 2.0 X8 - Plug-In Card - Raid Support $619.69 supertrak Ex8768 6gb/s Sas Controllers Are Designed to Provide High-performance And Deliver Cutting-edge Features And Reliability. The Card Has a Single Promise Raid Engine Chip With up to 512mb of Ddr2 Memory And an 8x Pcie 2.0 Interface. 8 External Sas/sata Ports on Two Sas Connectors. Optional 72 Hour Battery Backup. [53379R] UPC: 704118055210 UNSPC: 43201556 11.81L x 6.95W x 2.28H 1.65 LB 1 Cubes

SYBA SDSATA22E2I Card SATA II 2x External#44; 2x Internal Controller Software RAID $55.25 PCI 32Bit 33MHz Interface. Support PCI busmaster access. Compliant with Serial ATA II specification the extension of SATA 1.0a Revision 1.1. Compliant with Gen2i Gen2m SATA II Electrical specification Revision 1.0. Backward compatible to SATA 1.0 specification. Support 4 independent SATA ports with data transfer rate at 3.0Gb/s. Support Native Command Queue (NCQ) Port Multiplier First Party DMA. Support Plug Play and Hot Plug. Sil3124 Chipset. RAID function (Optional). Optional connection ports: 4 internal with RAID or with no RAID. eSATA compatible for external ports. RAID 0 1 5 10 JBOD function supported. Package Includes:. SATA2 Controller Card. CD Driver. Manual. Software Requirement: Support Win2000/Server 2003/XP 32bit/XP 64bit/Vista 32bit/Vista 64bit/7 32/64bit.

MicroNet Platinum RAID Hard Drive Array $1246.99 (5 Total/5 Populated) 0 0+1 1 1 Year Limited 1 x 4-pin - USB 2.0 - USB 1 x 7-pin - Serial ATA/150 - eSATA 1 x 9-pin - IEEE 1394b - FireWire 12" 128 MB 2.50 TB Installed 2.50 TB Installed/2.50 TB Maximum 22 lb 3 5 5 x 500 GB Serial ATA Hot-swappable 8.30" 9.50" OS Independent A state of the art 64bit RISC processor 128MB of High speed error correcting cache Up to 150MB/sec transfer rate 5 channel SATA2 NCQ enabled drive channels offering 1.5TB/Sec aggregate drive bandwidth Compatible with SATA Firewire 400 FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 enabled computers Up to 3.75TB raw storage capacity utilizing 750GB drives Simultaneous online RAID expansion RAID level and/or stripe size migration Hot swap/Hot spare with online auto rebuild support Background Initialization support Multiple Array support Support S.M.A.R.T NCQ and OOB staggered spin-up capable drives Non volatile RAM for RAID settings and logs Lightweight (aluminum construction) enclosure design Integrated carrying handle for easy transport Platinum RAID Pro Hard Drive Array 2-port SATA PCI Host Adapter Card External SATA Cable FireWire 800 to 800 Cable Firewire 400 to 800 Cable USB 2.0 Cable Power Cord DB9 Serial Cable User Manual Extended warranty sold separately MicroNet is proud to present Platinum RAID Pro the latest member to the Platinum RAID family of powerfully compact high availability storage solutions. The MicroNet Platinum RAID Pro integrates an all-new Intel FW80219 400 MHz advanced RISC processor coupled with 128MB high speed error correcting cache and is capable performing RAID Levels 0 1 3 5 0+1 and JBOD while delivering excellent throughput with up to 3750GB of storage even under the heaviest of loads. Platinum RAID Pro also features unprecedented flexibility of connectivity with a SATA port FireWire 800 ports and a USB 2.0 port for connectivity with any modern host environment! As with all members of the Platinum RAID family the Platinum RAID Pro is housed in a state of the art aluminum and plexiglass enclosure that is lightweight transportable and compact. Platinum RAID Pro is bundled with a 2-port SATA PCI Host Adapter card. Desktop FireWire Hard Drive Array JBOD MicroNet MicroNet Technology PR2500PRO Platinum RAID Platinum RAID Pro Hard Drive Array Serial ATA Serial ATA/150 Serial ATA/150 150 MBps RAID Controller USB eSATA www.micronet.com

HighPoint RocketRAID 2640x1 PCI-Express x1 Four-Port SATA and SAS RAID Controller Card $119.99 Internal Connectors: 4 x SATA/SAS Transfer Rate: Up to 3Gb/s RAID: RAID 0/1/5/10 JBOD Operating Systems Supported: Windows (2000, XP, x64, 2003, 2008, Vista (32 and 64 bit) Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS,SuSE) Mac OS X 10.4.x and above FreeBSD Linux Open Source Dimensions: 3.45" x 2.53" Features: RAID Management Tool: BIOS Web based RAID Management Software and CLI. NCQ (Native Command Queuing). Hard Drive LED Indicators (Activity and Failed). Electrical Characteristics: PCI-e: 3.3V, Power: 5W Multiple RAID support. Multiple logical drive support. BIOS booting support. Online Array roaming. Automatic drive (insert / remove) detection. Automatic RAID rebuild. 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume. S.M.A.R.T (Early Warning System). TerabyteGuard for dat...

HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 PCI Express x4 SATA II (3.0Gb/s) RAID Card $264.99 Supporting up to 8 SATA II and SATA I hard drives, the Highpoint RocketRAID 2320 PCI-e controller card is perfect for entry-level storage servers. Supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD, it can not only backup data but can also extend the storage capacity of a system significantly. Featuring a PCI-Express x4 (with support for x8 and x16) compatibility it's one of the few PCIe controller cards available. Providing S.M.A.R.T drive monitoring for status and reliability, hot swap and hot spare drive storage, Native Command Queuing support, and web based RAID software, the 2320 is perfect for small to medium size business IT environments. The RocketRAID card can also automatically rebuild the RAID array if a drive fails. Last but not least the 2320 supports a variety of operating systems including the following: Windows, Windows x64 Editions, Mac OS X, Linux (open source) and FreeBSD (open source). Internal Connectors: 8 x SATA II Transfer Rate: Up to 300MB/s for each SATA II drive port RAID: RAID 0/1/5/10/50 JBOD Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft Windows 2008/2003/XP/ 2000/x64 Edition/Vista 32 and 64 bit Linux FreeBSD GPL Licensed Linux Open Source Driver into Kernel 2.6.25 Dimensions: 6.3" x 2.6" Features: Online Capacity Expansion and Online RAID Level Migration (OCE/ORLM) Native Command Queuing (NCQ) SAF-TE enclosure management Hard drive activity and Failed LED support Staggered drive spin-up support Hot swap and hot spare Write-through and write-back cache support Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID configuration Online array roaming BIOS booting support (INT13) Single RAID Cross Adapter Support 64bit LBA for over 2TB support Automatic RAID rebuild of failed drive S.M....

Syba SYVIA64213S1P PCI SATAeSATA Raid Controller Card Cable $29.38 1x eSATA Ports. 1x IDE (no Raid). 2x 32Bit SATA. Chipset: VIA 6421. Can not boot from this card. There is no BIOS on card. Single channel master mode hard disk controller supporting two enhanced IDE devices. Redefined Bus Master Programming interface for IDE controllers to support up to four bus masters in a single function. Supports ATA PIO mode 4 multiword DMA mode 2 drivers and UltraDMA mode6. Extension to Ultra DMA133 interface for up to 133MB/s transfer rate. Complies with ATA/ATAPI6 Serial ATA Interface. Complies with Serial ATA Specification Revision 1.0. Supports internal PHY with each PHY supporting up to two SATA devices. Dual channel master mode PCI supporting up to two SATA devices. Support data transfer rates of up to 150Mbps per SATA channel PCI Interface. 33 MHz operation. Supports PCI 2X mode and PCI native modes. Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.2. Microsoft Windows 98 ME NT 4.0 2000 XP Vista Operating systems support

HP Smart Array P712M/ZM SAS RAID Controller $246.99 0 1 2 2 x 26-pin SFF-8088 mini - Serial Attached SCSI 3.98" Height x 4.49" Width x 0.79" Thickness 300 MBps 484299-B21 The HP Smart Array P712M is a mezzanine card that is 1.5Gb SATA 3.0/6.0Gb SAS for the HP ProLiant BL280c G6 server. It is one of the highest performing controllers in the SAS portfolio and provides new levels of reliability for the HP ProLiant BL280c G6, through its support of the latest SCSI technology and advanced RAID capabilities. HP Hewlett-Packard P712M/ZM Plug-in Module SAS RAID Controller Serial Attached SCSI Smart Array Smart Array P712M/ZM SAS RAID Controller www.hp.com

487204-B21 - Hp Smart Array P812 Sas Raid Controller - Pci Express X8 - Plug-In Card - Raid Supported - 0, 1, 1+0, 5, 6, 50, 60 Raid Level - 1 Gb $1295.46 the HP Smart Array P812 is Hp's 24 Port Serial Attached Scsi (sas) Raid Controller With Pci Express (pcie). This High Performance Sas Raid Controller Provides High Levels of Reliability For HP Servers Through Its Support of 6 Gb/s Sas And 3 Gb/s Sata Technology, 1 GB Fbwc, And Advanced Raid Capabilities. This Controller Ships Standard With a Smart Array Advanced Pack License Key And Supports up to 108 Hard Drives. [CM6944] UPC: 883585982837 UNSPC: 43201556 18L x 7W x 3H 2 LB 0.22 Cubes

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