Newbie SATA RAID Confusion

MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
edited November 2004 in Hardware
Hi guys!

I am a little lost on the SATA RAID thing. ANd I want to know what I'm doing and what cables I need.

MB: NF7-S v2.0
I want to Run RAID 0 on 2 hard drives.

1] I install my two SATA 150 drives
(Each one gets a seperate SATA power connector right?)

2] I connect a SATA cable to SATA channel 1 and to SATA HD 1

3] I connect a SATA cable to SATA channel 2 and to SATA HD 2

Is this right so far?

Will I be able to install a second 2 HD RAID 0 array later?
WTF am I doing?

Comments

  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    MERRICK wrote:
    Is this right so far?
    Will I be able to install a second 2 HD RAID 0 array later?
    WTF am I doing?

    Yes, no, and I have no idea. :p:D
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited September 2004
    Okay that clears up some things.
    The confusion arises from the fact that my KT7 RAID allows for 2 seperate RAID arrays or one 4 disk RAID array.

    So SATA is faster but requires a single drive per channel except in the case of a MB like KV8-MAX3 v1.2?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    SATA has more bandwidth, yes (it's not actually any faster than PATA with today's drives), and yes, it only allows one drive per channel.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited September 2004
    Oh man! okay first I got the SATA RAID 0 thing down.
    PATA I presume is the old skool RAID like my KT7 rig?
    If so are you saying that PATA 133 RAID is as fast as SATA 150 RAID?
    Fast defined as mb/sec
    So how do they differ? what do you mean by bandwidth?

    I owe you a beer at least!
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    gimme a couple minutes and I'll explain it. :) Gotta do my math hw for class in an hour first... :(
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited September 2004
    sata has a faster transfer rate. Somewhere around 150 meg per sec. Standard PATA has a maxi 133 meg ps. SATA drives can also come in 10k rpm which are substantially faster than a regular sata and pata drive.

    yes you can run multiple raid 0's. You can do the 2 drives on the mobo native controller, then you can add in cards later to expand.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited September 2004
    Thanks Gobbles
    I thought 10k drives are only SCSI?
    Are you saying I could connect 2 ATA 10k drives right on the MB SATA connection?
    Who makes SATA 10k drives?

    Geeky1! Do your Homework! BTW I was the class clown in my day. I never thought I'd be screwing up someone's education in cyberspace though He he.
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited September 2004
    Gobbles
    Did a search, I see what you're talking about 10000rpm ATA. Sweet!
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2004
    PATA = Parallel ATA, which is the older standard, yes.
    You can only connect one drive to each SATA port.
    The 36GB Western Digital Raptors are not any significant amount faster than regular 7200rpm drives; the 74GB drives are a fair amount faster though.

    And homework is overrated :p
  • MERRICKMERRICK In the studio or on a stage
    edited September 2004
    I'm staying 7200 rpm anyway.

    Thanks again guys!!
  • tmgroodtmgrood
    edited November 2004
    Since for some reason I cant Post a new thread, I will just continue with this one.
    I was wondering how to set up RAID 0? Is it a bios thing because if it is I dont see anything in my bios for setting up a RAID Array.
    There is the option for having SATA as to where I want it in my booting priorities.
    Or will it appear while installing my OS when it notices I have two SATA drives connected?
    Ive already got one SATA drive hooked up and am expecting my second drive to come UPS tonight.
    I just wanted a heads up.
    Thanks.
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