Asus A8V Raid Question

[st3]

I have an Asus A8V Deluxe; right now I have two (36.7GB) Raptors running in RAID 0 plugged into the promise RAID contoller on the mobo. I also have two Samsung 250GB SATAs running in RAID 1 plugged into VIA RAID controller. I just picked up a 500GB PATA Seagate from Fry?s and I was hoping to set it up with the 2 250GB?s as a mirror (or vice versa). From my somewhat limited knowledge of RAID I am looking for RAID 5(?) which it doesn?t appear my Asus can do. Is this correct? Or is it 0+1?? Does anyone know if this configuration is possible without other hardware?

 

[ch33zw1z]

here's a link to your mobo link

It's pretty clear what you can do with each controller, consult the manual for further details. No RAID 5 available on this mobo.

 

[st3]

Looked through the manual, didn't clear much up for me...

 

[ch33zw1z]

Which part isn't clear?

 

[st3]

Whether or not what I want to do is feasible or even what it would fall under (RAID 1+0, 0+1, 5 etc). They give you pretty decent instructions on setting up a RAID 0 or 1 array but pretty much leave out 0+1, except for the little defnition the give you at the beginning.

 

[ch33zw1z]

From the link, Specs
Storage:
South Bridge
- 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
- 2 x Serial ATA, support RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
Promise 20378 RAID controller
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33
- 2 x Serial ATA
- Support RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and Multiple RAID

1. That's enough to tell you what you CAN do on each RAID controller. only the Promise controller can do the RAID 0+1 for you. Based on that list, you have 2xSATA(2 drives) and 1xPATA(2 drives) to work with.

2. If you know how to setup and RAID 0, and you know how to setup a RAID 1, you can setup a 0+1. You will create two separate RAID 0's first, then you configure the two RAID 0's into a RAID 1. This allows the fault tolerance for up to 2 drives at a time, the catch is the drives must be at opposite sides of the mirror. LINK to Pic Google :thumbsup:

 

[st3]

I do not with to sound like some sort of ingrate but perhaps stating that the configuration I had in mind wasn't possible would be a more direct answer.

 

[ch33zw1z]

It would be, but why would I search for all that stuff and not try to show you how?

edit: RAID 0+1 is possible on the Promise controller..