Which SATA Controller for 2x 30GB Vertex RAID0

Anubis_386 · Jul 25, 2011

Got a new GA-890GPA-UD3H on the way as to replace the server and planning on sticking a pair of 30GB Vertex SSDs in RAID0 for the OS ..

Would I get better performance from plugging the both drives into the 6Gb/s ports run by the AMD SB850 or the 2x 3Gb/s Ports connected to a GIGABYTE SATA2 chip (as much info as I know) ..

Also .. With whichever chipset set to RAID0, I take it AHCI mode can't be enabled at the same time..

Cheers guys!! :beer:

Psykoikonov · Jul 25, 2011

Personally I would stick with the AMD controller, but that may not be the best choice (I've been using it on a Giga 890FXA for months with good luck). When RAID is enabled in the bios AHCI is as well, you can't have RAID on these boards without AHCI also.

Archer0915 · Jul 25, 2011

I use the SATS III ports. I also have the same MB.

Anubis_386 · Jul 25, 2011

Archer0915 said:
I use the SATS III ports. I also have the same MB.

Could you post up what drives your using for storage on the SATAIII ports n maybe run some benchmarks? ATTO/HDTune? Would be appreciated to gauge performance .. I'm no doubt gunner try both sets of ports, secure erase each time n bench both ..

Does anything know the specs or any perfotce info on the SATA Controller Gigabyte use on their boards?

Archer0915 · Jul 25, 2011

I use HDDs not SSDs but here are some numbers:

Raid 0

Raid 1

Using the SATA II ports will limit you slightly even if your drives are SATA II. SATA II on SATA III ports also gets a slight performance edge:

So using SSDs will only br better. I suggest using the SATA III ports.

Anubis_386 · Jul 26, 2011

Yeeeh cool, thanks for that mate! .. Now I just hope the BIOS will allow me to just set 2 of the 6Gb/s ports to RAID0 and hopefully AHCI while leaving the others operating normally.. Otherwise I'll have to stick my DVD-RW n Blu-Ray drive on the GByte controller cause they go scatty when run in AHCI for some reason

Archer0915 · Jul 26, 2011

I have? Hold on.

A raid 0, a raid 1 and my optical drive and a single on the SATA III controller. You eill set up the raid it will not do it on its own. You will be prompted about which drives are to be included in the raid and you can set up more than one.

Psykoikonov · Jul 26, 2011

I believe these were done on a Sata 2 SB750 controller (2X 30GB Vertex), should be in the ballpark.

Archer0915 · Jul 26, 2011

Looks about right

Which SATA Controller for 2x 30GB Vertex RAID0

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