They give me 2 RAID controllers

[crsgardner]

I recently bought a K8V SE Deluxe motherboard that has 2 RAID controllers (a Promise FastTrak 378 and a VIA VT8237). Both are physically part of the motherboard.

I've read the documentation, Googled, searched the forums: I can't seem to get a clear cut answer on which controller to use. I only intend to have one RAID 0 setup (two drives), which is fairly normal. Should I use the Promise or VIA controller (each has its own connections)?

 

[Armitage]

Is one ATA and the other SATA?

 

[Adul]

the via would be on a seperate bus from the PCI, potentially offering better performance.

 

[crsgardner]

Both are SATA. The Promise one also supports an IDE RAID.

 

[BigBadBiologist]

I know the Intel RAID solution and the Promise show almost identical results as far as speed. The main difference is that the Promise seems to lower CPU utilization a little bit. I haven't seen any comparisons with Via RAID, but it's probably a toss up.