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LSI 8408E with 256mg RAM (no answer at Storage review)

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JASTECH

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I got my 8408E card finally and the SAS drives. I want to setup the drives separate for now until I can get more drives to make some in RAID 5 for the OS and then another RAID 5 for Graphics ect. So how do I set this up?
I can't find the MegaRAID Universal Software Suite CD and have not be able to locate a download for it either. I do see the WebBIOS as the system boots up.

Vista
Ultimate 64 and Ubuntu 9.10

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Ok, when I get there my mouse won't work (PS/2) so I have orered a USB and should have it early next week. I could not get to other options with keyboard. So, can I use this card and make all droves separate (no RAID) until I get more drives?

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Create a RAID0 "array" with a single member. If your card has a GUI interface then use a PS2 mouse. That's preferred over a USB mouse with these controllers.
 
Ok, Done it...Yikes, what a battle for me! I got everything going and have run HDtach on the Seagate SATA II drives, Seagate SAS drives and a Hitachi SAS drive. If anybody is interested I will post the results here or make a new thread? It has been a very tough few days, we had a severe storm and water got into 2 of my rigs and shorted stuff out and my main UPS is shot I think.

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Is there a way to speed up the drives via the WebBIOS on the Controller? I am asking because the Seagate SATA II drives "Burst Speed" is faster then the SAS drives.

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Originally posted by: JASTECH
Is there a way to speed up the drives via the WebBIOS on the Controller? I am asking because the Seagate SATA II drives "Burst Speed" is faster then the SAS drives.

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Ignore burst speed as its irrelevant to real world performance. The only purpose to have this metric is to find a problem with bus to interface speed, a jumper set wrong, bus hogging, line interference, etc.
 
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