DS3R mobo and raid?

[csmaster2005]

Just curious...
I already have the Ds3r (http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128050 )

By the specs, it supports onboard raid-5?
I was thinking of grabbing 2 more 300gb hd's so I have 4 300 gb hd's and set it up on raid-5, but don't really want to blow 250+ for a raid card. If it does support onboard raid-5, anyone know how good it is?

Also, just to be sure, if I have 4 300gb hd's setup in raid-5, I will have 900gb of useable space, correct?

thanks!

 

[csmaster2005]

gah, no one?

 

[LightningRider]

It supports RAID.

Notice the ICH9R south bridge chipset.

The 'R' at the end of the 'ICH9' indicates RAID support. There is however, no firewire support on this board.

 

[csmaster2005]

ya I already have the board, I didnt need firewire

Do you know anything about the raid on the board? Is it any good etc?
Also, it would be setup via bios I presume, correct? I've never setup raid before, and when it was setup on my server, my host did it, and it was via a 3ware raid card.

 

[Blain]

"I have 4 300 gb hd's and set it up on raid-5, but don't really want to blow 250+ for a raid card."

A $250+ hardware RAID card vs free onboard RAID?
I wouldn't consider the onboard controller in the same class as a $250+ hardware card.

 

[csmaster2005]

of course the PCI raid card would be much better performance, which is why I'm asking how the onboard raid performs

 

[csmaster2005]

anyone?