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Hardware RAID card has 16MB RAM, what would upgrading to 128MB do for me?

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ChrisIsBored

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I have an AMI Express 500 series RAID card which comes with a 16MB DIMM of onboard RAM. What type of effects would I see if I were to upgrade the RAM to say 64MB or 128MB's? 128MB's being the max.

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Depends ... What type of array are you running?

Also depends on the applications you're using. 128MB wouldn't make much difference in some areas. But with video / audio transfer, it might make a significant difference. Or other areas where large files are being dealt with.
 
Go for it. What the heck. ECC PC100/133 DIMMs are cheap so go for it. just make sure you use a high quality module.

Windogg
 
Wouldn't that give significant boost? I am just thinking of the 8mb Cache version of the WD drive being able to perform on par with many SCSI 10K drives. Then again "that" cache is much faster than the ones on the RAID card.
 
yes RAM is cheap and wouldn't put a dent in my pocket book to do the upgrade, but is it worth it at all?

What type of speed differences can be seen by adding RAM to a RAID card? No matter what type of array?

I brought up this questions because someone else was wondering the same to add more RAM for his RAID 0 array, and myself use RAID 5 and the majority of my servers. So the questions is intended for those two I suppose.

Mainly larger files would be effected by adding more RAM though? Or would it help just overall progress in file transfer no matter the size?
 


<< I have an AMI Express 500 series RAID card which comes with a 16MB DIMM of onboard RAM. What type of effects would I see if I were to upgrade the RAM to say 64MB or 128MB's? 128MB's being the max.

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I'm sorry, but is that an IDE or a SCSI card?
 
I would offer my opinion, but frankly you can do much better then any knowledge I could impart on the worthiness of it...
Storage Review- go there and ask the same question, and you'll get answers from those much more knowledgeable in HDD's then virtually anyone you will find on AT.
 
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