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For software RAID Intel RAID or Gigabytes RAID

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markrb38

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I have a Gigabyte motherboard with two software RAID options. It has the Intel ICH10R controller or Gigabytes, that I think is actually NEC. Is one a better option than the other for a boot RAID 0 setup? Is one simpler to use over the other?
I want faster boot times, already have the spare drives and will have a complete backup on a single disk if anything goes wrong.

My data drives will be on my Adaptec controller, but I have no more space on that.

Thanks,
Mark
 
software is just just software raid. maybe good for raid-0. sometimes for raid-1 but otherwise skip it . it's just software anyways.
 
Well, one could rephrase the question:
* Which RAID driver is better, Intel or the other?
* Which HDD controller is better, Intel or the other?

I'd choose Intel.

PS. It would help to tell the exact model of the motherboard, because then we might be more sure about what "the other" is.
 
markrb38 said:
I have a Gigabyte motherboard with two software RAID options. It has the Intel ICH10R controller or Gigabytes, that I think is actually NEC. Is one a better option than the other for a boot RAID 0 setup? Is one simpler to use over the other?
I want faster boot times, already have the spare drives and will have a complete backup on a single disk if anything goes wrong.

My data drives will be on my Adaptec controller, but I have no more space on that.

Thanks,
Mark
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Skip JMicron/ NEC/ Marvell onboard raid. I have two of the JMicron ports on my Gigabyte X58-Extreme and I have not used them in forever as they are too slow.

ICH10R v. Windows RAID 0 performance is pretty close but the Windows software RAID 0 is not bootable so it is really better for when you need to span controllers for non-bootable storage.

Boot time wise just get a decent SSD. You won't notice much of a difference (non-benchmark wise) versus a single SSD.
 
pjkenned said:
ICH10R v. Windows RAID 0 performance is pretty close but the Windows software RAID 0 is not bootable so it is really better for when you need to span controllers for non-bootable storage.
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And two drives is the best case for the hardware controller. You can easily produce more IOPS than even the best HW controllers are specified for with a few SSDs. The higher CPU utilization isn't really a problem in these days imho, so SW has its advantages.
 
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