Stupid Raid question

[GrumpyBob]

I am on the verge of buying the P4P800 or the P4C800-E. I plan on using 1gb Hyperx 3500 ram and OC a 2.6c cpu.

I am not new to overclocking, but I am new to having to deal with raid.
I currently have 40, 60 and 80gb ide drives a scsi drive IDE dvd, dvd burner and CDRW.
I have no need nor want to use Raid.
With the new system I plan on adding a SATA drive and removing one of the IDE.

The question I have is, if I set drives to Raid 0, am I going to encounter problems. I know that Raid 0 performance isn't top end. I use drive image to make backups of the drives.

Thanks in advance

 

[WhiteKnight]

Which drives are you planning on running in the array? At any rate, you will have the usual problems associated with RAID0 such as half the MTTF. Performance is actually the fastest of the "budget" raid modes.

 

[GrumpyBob]

 

[GrumpyBob]

WhiteKnight,
If I go with the 865 board, I will only have the SATA drives on RAID.
With the 875 board, it looks like all drives will be on raid.

 

[Ketchup]

Originally posted by: WhiteKnight
Which drives are you planning on running in the array? At any rate, you will have the usual problems associated with RAID0 such as half the MTTF. Performance is actually the fastest of the "budget" raid modes.

I think he means he wants to use the RAID controller without using RAID. I think. GrumpyBob, your post contadicts itself, so I am not sure what you are asking. If you have "no need or want to use RAID" then why are you asking about RAID0?

 

[GrumpyBob]

Perhaps I'm missing the big picture here. I assumed after reading the board specs that I had no choice but to use Raid.

In the case of the P4P800

South Bridge:
-2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
-2 x Serial ATA, RAID 0 (Microsoft Windows XP only)
VIA6410 RAID controller:
-2 x UltraDMA 100 support four hard drives
-RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD

I understood this to mean that the SATA controller was RAID and that I had no other choice in the matter.
If this is not hte case, then my preceived problems are solved.

 

[Horsepower]

I have an Intel D875PBZ with 3200 HyperX and I have to change the ram. The mobo won't time it and it crashes constantly.

 

[Ketchup]

Originally posted by: GrumpyBob
Perhaps I'm missing the big picture here. I assumed after reading the board specs that I had no choice but to use Raid.

In the case of the P4P800

South Bridge:
-2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
-2 x Serial ATA, RAID 0 (Microsoft Windows XP only)
VIA6410 RAID controller:
-2 x UltraDMA 100 support four hard drives
-RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD

I understood this to mean that the SATA controller was RAID and that I had no other choice in the matter.
If this is not hte case, then my preceived problems are solved.

Most RAID bioses give you a choice when you set them up whether you want to run them as a RAID array or not. I am not sure about SATA RAID controllers, but I imagine they would be the same. On my Highpoint controller, you can just attach the drives to the RAID controller, make sure to enable the RAID controller in the bios, and don't enter the RAID controller bios when it prompts, and both drives should be recognized as if they were on a regulat hard drive controller. However, you will need to have driver disk for the controller if you are installing Windows onto a drive that is on that controller. Windows only comes with drivers for the Primary and Secondary IDE controllers.