Is onboard RAID 5 crap?
- Thread starter filmklub
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On board 5 was dogshit when I tried it. Both hardware and software was slow as fuck.
Raid for anything other than 0 is expensive to do right.
Raid for anything other than 0 is expensive to do right.
I have heard that raid 1 will be fine w/o a raid card. Any experience with such a raid system?
TY in advance.
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dugdiamond
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all my RAID0 arrays are handled by windows. very simple to do
Josh Weston
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RAID1/0 is fine for onboard as there are not many calculations needed. RAID5, however, is far more intensive and thus separate hardware is needed for it to work well.
Writer's Block
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I'd recommend doing raid through windows; theory being it is easier to get it working again if your raid controller goes tits up, or you change your motherboard. I've only ever tried it with windows, so no personal experience.
Id ignore writers block........ Information above is correct.
Writer's Block
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Obviously depends which expert one speaks to.
And if you're going to correct someone it might be helpful to explain what is incorrect.
Crocodile Hunter
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Hi everyone
I was thinking of building a separate pc for storage purposes only. I was thinking of using onboard raid 5 controller with 5 3TB hard drives.
Is onboard raid reliable?, and just how slow is it?
Thanks
I was thinking of building a separate pc for storage purposes only. I was thinking of using onboard raid 5 controller with 5 3TB hard drives.
Is onboard raid reliable?, and just how slow is it?
Thanks
Hey, I want to set up a raid 5 array with my gigabyte z68xp-ud3p onboard raid controller but I keep hearing that motherboard raid is useless? any info on this matter would really help as I am proper green when it comes to raid!it will be 3 x seagate 1.5tb green drives....
honestly there is so much to go into it depends entirely on how your going to use. Raid 5 loves large writes and all read types. but if your going to do alot of small writes (such as database work) stay away from it as you quickly get sucked into a write hole. See :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID_5_write_hole
the only recommendation i can really give ti to give it a try and see if it works for you. i would recommend using the intel matrix raid as that is a better implementation that windows soft raid.
software raid 5 does not have to be slow it just depends on the implementation.
if your willing to learn and put in a little time then linux mdraid would be a good fit for you though with the amount of drives you have and the size i would recommend raid 6 instead
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