Do i need to create a RAID disk

[CRAZYCAP]

Hi Guys

Installing windows 7 64bit on 2 OCZ 60GB SATA III drives in RAID 0 and just want to know, do I need to create a RAID disk when I setup the RAID or will windows 7 install drivers and be ok?

 

[S_I_N]

setup the raid within the raid bios usually have to push like ctrk I or the likes (raid must be set in normal bios first) after that load windows as normal it should pick up the raid and install the drivers. You'll know the drivers are there if it sees the raided drives at the start of loading.

 

[CRAZYCAP]

Thanks for that mate. Blistering fast transfer rates here I come. Reinstalling tonight after I pick up the 2nd SSD today.

 

[CRAZYCAP]

Installed my 2nd OCZ agility 3 drive and created a RAID 0. Jesus,Mary and Joseph it is lightning quick. In HD Tune Pro i am getting 1126.4MB/sec and the windows orb doesn't even appear before the desktop is loaded. Very very happy.

 

[S_I_N]

aint it sweet. Now make sure ya leave it alone for a couple hours now and then and let GC do its thing since trim isnt in raid

 

[CRAZYCAP]

Hey mate. If I run the command to see if TRIM is enabled it comes back that it is.....weird. value of 0.

My WEI scores are 7.6,7.9,7.9,7.9,7.9 and I don't think I can get much better out of a 2500k at 4ghz.

 

[S_I_N]

Component Details

Subscore Base score Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz 7.8

7.8 Determined by lowest subscore

Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB 7.9

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 7.9

Gaming graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory 7.9

Primary hard disk 95GB Free (119GB Total) 7.9

Windows 7 Professional

lmao forgot to reapply my oc but it doesnt help alot more anyways

but trim doesnt work with raid even if ya turn it on best to leave it off and just let it idle a couple hours every now and then GC has gotten aggresive of late and works very well for raided ssd's

 

[Azurite]

Trim dont work in raid0. but the disks should last pretty long time anyways. you might lose some performance after a while

 

[CRAZYCAP]

Here is a link to my latest SSD drive scores in CrystalDiskMark. Didn't allow me to upload the .jpg picture into this windows. Sorry Guys. Anyhow, interested in what you think of the scores.

RAID 0 OCZ

Nice WEI scores SIN.

 

[S_I_N]

looks good to me

 

[CRAZYCAP]

cool, thanks mate. I read that a pair of SSD's in RAID 0 will eventually end up performing the same as 1 SSD because there is no TRIM in RAID0. How true is this or is it just BS?

 

[S_I_N]

bs imho as GC is trim for raid been running mine for several months now no issues.

 

[CRAZYCAP]

reassuring to know. S_I_N you're a legend. Thanks for the info you've provided continually, much appreciated.

 

[S_I_N]

anytime I can assist I will

its how we roll